Another bloody weekend in Chicago: 8 dead, 35 wounded
At least 43 people were injured as a result of the use of weapons in Chicago last long weekend. Eight of them died from their injuries.
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Despite the fact that August was very calm in the city and the number of killings this month was the lowest since August 2011, the number of shellings on holiday weekends doubled compared to last weekend on Labor Day, when 4 people were killed in city shootings, and 23 injured.
The last shooting was recorded on the night of Monday to Tuesday in Gresham. Around 01: 15 in the morning of September 3 on South Aberdeen Street, police found a dead 32-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the head. According to police, there are currently no witnesses to the shooting, but the circumstances remain unknown.
On Sunday, an 15-year-old boy was killed in Austin on the West Side. Near 02: 19 officers answered the shooting call and found Dovanthe Jackson's body on West Washington Boulevard with gunshot wounds to his leg and back. He lived in the same quarter where he was shot.
A little over 20 minutes later, a man was killed and a woman wounded while shooting at a party in the Woodlon area. They were discovered around 02: 45 in the morning inside a building on South St. Lawrence Avenue. According to police, the 27-year-old man received numerous gunshot wounds and was taken to the medical center of the University of Chicago, where he later died. The forensic office has not yet revealed the identity of the deceased. 34-year-old woman injured in leg. The victim was taken to the hospital of Saint-Bernard, where she is in good condition.
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About an hour later, as a result of firing from a passing car, one man was killed and another was wounded in the area Archer heights. They drove in a car near 03: 54 in the morning along South Pulaski Road when someone shot them from a passing car. According to authorities, 37-year-old Christopher Smith received multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. Another victim, an 38-year-old man, was wounded in the chest, stomach, arm and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he is in serious condition.
On Saturday in South Paulina, two men were killed and three more injured after someone opened fire on a group of people standing near a house near 17: 51. An 26-year-old man received a shot in the chest and was taken to Christ Medical Center at Oak Lawn, where he later died. 32-year-old man was wounded in the chest and thigh, he died at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Three other victims, a woman and two men, were also taken to hospital with injuries of varying severity.
Witnesses told police that they did not see who was shooting, but one of them told investigators that he had noticed a dark-colored car.
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On Saturday morning, one man was killed and another injured as a result of a shooting in Humboldt Park. Around 04: 43 in the morning they were in the area of West Le Moyne when someone started firing from a car. According to authorities, 18-year-old Angel Perez was wounded in the chest and taken to hospital Strogerwhere he died. Another victim, an 23-year-old man, was injured in the buttocks and was taken to hospital in serious condition.
As a result of shooting in South Chicago on the weekend, an 42-year-old man died. Willy Cocker was on the street with a group of people near 12: 22 when shots rang out. Cocker received multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. He died at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
At least 29 other people were injured in skirmishes in different parts of Chicago between 17: 00 30 August and 05: 00 3 September.
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