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Chi: At least 8 wounded in overnight shootings
2013-07-14
Shootings left at least 8 people on the South and West sides maimed overnight, according to police.

Three of the shootings happened between 4:50 and 5:40 a.m., police said.

A 60-year-old woman was shot in the chin about 4:50 a.m. in 4500 block of South Wolcott Avenue in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side. Police said she wasn't the target and are investigating whether she was stuck in crossfire between two shooters. She was taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where her condition has stabilized.

About a half hour later, a 33-year-old man was shot in the left leg in the 1300 block of North Ridgeway Avenue in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side. He's at Stroger hospital, where his condition has stabilized.

A 17-year-old boy was shot about 5:35 a.m. in the 7200 block of South Halsted Street in Englewood on the South Side. Someone walked up and shot him in the upper part of his right arm, reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
... home of Al Capone, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel,...
Police Department News Affairs Officer Jose Estrada said. He's in good condition at Saint Bernard Hospital and Healthcare Center.

Someone shot a 19-year-old woman about 3 a.m. in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side. She may have been maimed in an exchange of gunfire between two people in the 800 block of North Parkside Avenue, police said. She was hit in the shoulder and taken to an area hospital.

Two boys, 14 and 15, were shot about 11:55 p.m. in the 5900 block of South Laflin Avenue in Englewood and were taken to Stroger hospital. The boys were both shot in their legs and are both in good condition, News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines said.
Posted by:Fred

#3  Ah, but in Karachi the gangs are trying to take over the government. In Chicago, the gangs ARE the government.

(Capone's problem wasn't that he was a gangster, but that he wasn't paying enough tribute to the gang running the city.)
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2013-07-14 15:57  

#2  "Sorry I'm late, boss. Got shot on the way to work."
"You used that excuse last week."
"But boss, this is Chicago!"
"Point taken. Now get to work."

Be interesting to plot killed & wounded in Chicago vs say, Karachi over time.
Posted by: SteveS   2013-07-14 14:05  

#1  Three of the shootings happened between 4:50 and 5:40 a.m., police said.

Right when these people were getting up to go to work. Damn shame
Posted by: Frank G   2013-07-14 13:58  

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