Posted on 05/23/2021 4:48:44 PM PDT by simpson96
CHICAGO--A teenage boy was shot and a 12-year-old girl was hurt by glass when gunfire erupted Saturday night in the Rogers Park neighborhood.
They were in the front yard of a home about 9:05p.m. in the 2000 block of West Touhy Avenue when a dark-colored vehicle pulled up and someone inside fired shots, Chicago police said.
The 16-year-old boy was shot in the leg and taken to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, where he was listed in good condition, police said. The girl suffered cuts to her arm from broken glass and was taken to the same hospital.
No one is in custody as Area Three detectives investigate.
At least 42 people have been shot, eight fatally, since Friday night in Chicago, including a 15-year-old boy killed in Lawndale on the West Side.(snip)
A man was shot and killed early Sunday in West Garfield Park.
The 49-year-old was standing outside about 12:15a.m. in the first block of North Kilbourn Avenue when a male exited a silver sedan and began firing shots, police said.
He was struck multiple times in the face and body and pronounced dead at the scene, police said. He has not yet been identified.
On Saturday night, a man was killed and two others were wounded in a shooting in Washington Park.
The trio was standing on the sidewalk about 7:30p.m. in the 5500 block of South Michigan Avenue when people inside a gray Jeep and blue Acura opened fire, Chicago police said.
A 46-year-old man was shot in the back and was taken to the University of Chicago, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The medical examiner's office identified him as Johnnie Williams.
Another man, 30, was shot in the head and was also transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition,
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Back when SNL was actually funny.
What Chicago needs is stricter gun laws.
Don Lemon to Terry Crews a black man who brought up the fraud of BLM ignoring Chicago “That’s not what BLM is about”. Total frauds. Millionaire Marxists.
According to Chicago authorities all the guns come from Indiana.
According to Mayor Lighthead all of the crime is caused by people from Indiana crossing the border with illegal guns.
The BeetleJuice has had a rough week.
This report will cheer definitely it up and make its Big Daddy happy too.
Not a single protest, therefore doesn’t matter
Let me guess, toss the police under the bus?
The NRA of course, they give it away for free on every street corner in Chicago if you watch CNN or MSLSD.
Any thoughts for Over/Under?
Maybe they do come from Indiana, but Chicago’s laws prevent them from going to criminals 🤮 can’t say that without gagging. Everyone in the Democrat party knows that guns cause crime (like forks cause obesity)
Doesn’t this mayor have balls or had balls? I can never tell the difference.
When are they going to call in the U.N. Somali Peace Keepers?
Science first figured out that guns were so smart they committed violence.
But this article has a scoop—weekends are the latest threat.
The only way to stop the violence is to ban all weekends!
Go Chicago! ... Keep those Numbers Up! ... You are Number One!
Bibi Netanyahu should call Joe Biden and demand a ceasefire!
Friday and Saturday are supposed to be cooler and possibly wet. Look for the action to pick up Sunday and Monday.
Their marksmanship is improving, eight down and many more to go I’m afraid.
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