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2 dead, at least 7 injured in city shootings
 Two young men were killed while at least seven other people including a 15-year-old boy were maimed during shootings Friday and Saturday across the city.Early Saturday in the Rogers Park neighborhood, a 34-year-old man was walking on a sidewalk in the 6900 block of North Ashland Avenue about 2:30 a.m. when someone inside a red sport-utility vehicle fired shots and hit him in the abdomen, according to Police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer. He was taken to Saint Francis Hospital and his condition was not known. No one has been placed in durance vile ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... for the shooting, Greer said. Also early Saturday but in the Little Village neighborhood, a 24-year-old man was shot. He was on a bicycle at the intersection of 24th Street and Millard Avenue, when a car pulled up and someone inside shot him about 12:10 a.m., according to police. Friends who were nearby took him to Mount Sinai Hospital. His condition was not known, police said. On the city's West Side about 11:15 p.m. Friday, a 30-year-old man was shot in the in the face, shoulder and buttocks in the 900 block of North Cicero Avenue, according to preliminary information from police. He was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County where his condition has stabilized as of late Friday, police said. Earlier on the Far South Side, someone shot the 15-year-old boy three times in the abdomen in the 11400 block of South Perry Avenue about 7:30 p.m. Friday, said Police News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak. Posted by: Fred 2012-10-21 |
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