Two men wounded in latest Uptown shooting

Two men were wounded Tuesday afternoon in the third reported shooting since Sunday in an area of the North Side Uptown neighborhood.

About 12:45 p.m., two men, ages 20 and 21, were standing on the sidewalk on the 4400 block of North Sheridan Road with a group of other males when someone approached and fired multiple shots.

The 20-year-old was struck in the knee and the 21-year-old was struck in the lower left leg,

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Man shot in Uptown

Man man was reported shot in the leg in the Uptown neighborhood at about 4 p.m on 8-28-2011. The shooting occurred in the area of 4500 N Sheridan Rd.
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1 killed, 1 wounded in drive-by shooting in Uptown

Killed was Brian Gill, 23, of the 4400 block of North Racine Ave. The shooting happened just after 8:30 p.m. in the 1100 block of West Sunnyside Avenue, where a gunman inisde a passing vehicle opened fire on a group of people. Gill and a 21-year-old man were the only ones hit.
Gill was shot in the head and later pronounced dead. The second victim suffered a gunshot wound to the arm and one of his ribs and was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital in serious condition.
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Man found beaten to death in Uptown park

The death of a man found in an Uptown park Thursday was ruled a homicide today by the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
The man, described as in his 30s, remained unidentified today. An autopsy determined the man died of blunt force trauma to the head due to assault.
The man was found in Clarendon Park, near Sunnyside and Clarendon avenues, Thursday afternoon,
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Police issue alert for Lakeview strongarm robber

About 2:40 p.m. Tuesday, a female was walking and talking on her cell phone near Belmont Avenue and Broadway when her assailant began talking to her.
 Police issued a community alert this evening warning Lakeview residents of a recent robbery and battery of a female victim.
The man told the victim he was looking for a family member and persuaded her to let him inside of her building.
 Once she let him inside the lobby, he robbed and beat her.
 The robber was described by police as a black male, between the ages of 16 and 23, about 5 feet 4 inches tall and between 120 and 140 pounds. He has short hair, a dark complexion and facial hair.
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2 shot in attempted robbery while sitting in a car

A man and woman were shot in their car by a man who attempted to rob them early this morning on the North Side, police said.
A man in his 30s was shot in the abdomen and was taken in serious condition to Illinois Masonic Hospital, said Police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro. His companion, a woman in her 20s, was shot in a shoulder and abdomen and also was in serious condition.
The couple was sitting in a vehicle shortly after 4 a.m. when the gunman approached on foot in the 4100 block of North Kenmore Avenue in the Buena Park neighborhood and tried to rob them, police said.
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1 killed, 5 wounded in city-wide violence overnight

A man was killed in a drive-by shooting early this morning, one of several instances of overnight violence that also left five people wounded.
About 1:30 a.m., two men were standing on the sidewalk in the 3600 block of West Chicago Avenue in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side when a light-colored vehicle drove by and fired shots at the men, according to a release from the Chicago Police Department's News Affairs.
A 28-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to his chest and later died. He was identified as Stanley Washington of the 7500 block of South Peoria Street, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. He was pronounced dead at 1:45 a.m. at Norwegian-American Hospital.
A 23-year-old man was shot in his abdomen and was taken to Mount Sinai in serious condition.
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In other shootings, at 1:52 a.m. in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood, a 52-year-old woman was shot in the neck by a male attacker in the 1100 block of North Keystone Avenue. She was taken in serious condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
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At 2:20 a.m. in the Little Village neighborhood, a 25-year-old man was wounded in a drive-by in the 2200 block of South Troy Street. A light-colored van drove by and fired shots, striking him in both legs. He was taken in good condition to Mount Sinai Hospital.
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At 2:44 a.m. in the Washington Park neighborhood, a 16-year-old boy was shot in the ankle as he was standing on the street in the 5900 block of South Prairie Avenue. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and listed in good condition.
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At 3:10 a.m. in the Lake View neighborhood, a 24-year-old man was stabbed in the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue, police said. He was walking on the street when two people approached him from behind and began to fight with him. He suffered a stab wound to the back and was taken in good condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
No one was in custody and area detectives were investigating.
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18 year old shot IN LAKE FRONT PARK

At 10:06 p.m. Saturday in the 4500 block of North Simonds Drive in the Uptown neighborhood, an 18-year-old was shot in the lower leg by a person in a vehicle who was shouting gang slogans, police said. The victim was taken to Weiss Memorial Hospital and was treated and released.
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Cops investigate videotaped ghetto wilding attack, stabbing in Lakeview

Chicago police are examining a video and interviewing witnesses to try to find out who was among a gang of young people who attacked and stabbed a 25-year-old man in the Lakeview neighborhood late Sunday.

The man, who was being treated at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, was attacked in the 3300 block of North Halsted Street following a confrontation with a group of young people about 11:45 p.m. Sunday, according to police. Although police News Affairs said the man was taken to the hospital in good condition, another police report said he initially was in serious condition.

Part of the attack was captured on video by witnesses who said they had a video camera handy because of recent attacks in the 3300-3400 blocks of North Halsted.

Witnesses told police that the group was walking south on Halsted when they began yelling and got into a confrontation with the 25-year-old, who was stabbed multiple times, according to a police report. No one was in custody, but Belmont Area detectives were interviewing the victim and witnesses and reviewing videos post on the Web that captured part of the incident, as well as its aftermath.

John Cunningham, 34, and his partner, Rob Sall, 31, live in the area, saw the confrontation and shot video of much of the incident. They and others in Lakeview have been on alert in recent weeks following a stabbing June 18 in the 3400 block of North Halsted Street in a 7-Eleven parking lot and another attack nearby a week ago, Cunningham and Sall said.

Late last night, Cunningham and Sall saw about 20 people walking south on the Halsted, while two people walked north. Someone spilled someone else's drink or jostled someone, and when the two groups passed, one of the men in the smaller group turned around and said something to someone in the larger group, Cunningham said.

Words were exchanged between the 25-year-old and someone in the larger group, and then the two groups came back together, Cunningham said.

"At first, it seemed like they knew each other," and the exchange of words was just posturing, Cunningham said.

But then, the 25-year-old, who was wearing orange shorts, was pushed up against a fence, and then down onto the ground, Cunningham said. That's the point at which Sall started shooting the video, which he subsequently posted on YouTube.

The video, which lasts about 1 minute, 49 seconds, shows a group of about 10 to 15 young people apparently punching and kicking someone who appears to be on the sidewalk on the west side of Halsted Street. The victim, who is only partially visible in the first part of the video, then disappears off-screen. Most of the people who had been participating in the beating run after the person.

Police have not released detailed descriptions of the attacker or attackers who stabbed the man.

Cunningham said the victim is a young man who soon after appears on the video, running across the street and hitting the wall of a building. At the end of the video, he can be seen holding his side briefly.

After the video was shot and police were called, Cunningham was able to get a closer look at the victim, who he said was stabbed at least twice in the chest, with a deep cut on his right chest and a puncture wound on the right side of his chest.

Several people were calling 911 as the fight went on, but "none of us realized he had been stabbed when we first called," Sall said.

Recent conflicts involving young people on the street in the part of Lakeview known as Boystown have led to the creation of aFacebook group, "Take Back Boystown," as well as a gathering in the 7-Eleven parking lot Saturday night that tried to bring police and residents together.

"It's an entertainment district, there are going to be people on the street," Sall said. But people in the area believe "there has been a rise in violent crimes" involving large groups of people recently.
SEE VIDEO OF ATTACK HERE- CHICAGO TRIB
SEE TYPICAL LIBERAL RESPOSE TO GHETTO WILDING HERE- TAKE BACK BOYSTOWN
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