3 killed, 26 wounded in weekend shootings in Chicago
CHICAGO - Three people were killed and a 16-year-old boy among 26 others wounded in shootings in Chicago from Friday, 5 p.m. to Monday, 5 a.m.
A man was fatally shot Saturday morning while standing on the porch of his friend’s house in Palmer Square on the Northwest Side. The man, 26, was discovered with a gunshot wound to his head by his friend, who heard a loud sound about 3:25 a.m. in the 2100 block of North Albany Avenue, Chicago police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. He was identified as Suraj Mahadeva by the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
A man was fatally shot Saturday afternoon in West Pullman on the Far South Side. Ralph Williams, 38, was sitting in a vehicle about 12:10 p.m. in the 300 block of West 119th Street when two males approached and one shot into the vehicle, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. He struck in the back and transported to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where he was later pronounced dead, police said.
A man was found fatally shot Sunday afternoon in South Shore on the Far South Side. The man, 40, was found shot to death about 3:35 p.m. near a gangway of a residence in the 7500 block of South Yates Boulevard, police said. The man, who hasn’t been identified yet, was shot multiple times in his body and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
In nonfatal attacks, a 16-year-old boy was shot Saturday afternoon in Gresham on the South Side. The teen boy was sitting in a vehicle about 6:12 p.m. in the 8600 block of South Loomis Boulevard when someone inside another vehicle opened fire, police said. He was struck in the back and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was stabilized, police said.
A few hours earlier, two people were wounded, one critically, in a drive-by shooting Saturday afternoon in Oakland on the South Side. About 2:30 p.m., the man and woman were standing in the 1000 block of East 43rd Street when someone fired shots, police said. A 45-year-old man was arm, leg and torso and was taken in critical condition to the University of Chicago Medical Center, police said. A woman, 64, was shot in the leg and was taken to the same hospital, where she was stabilized.
At least 23 others were wounded in citywide shootings from Friday, 5 p.m. to Monday, 5 a.m.