[CHICAGO.SUNTIMES] Eleven people have been maimed in shootings across reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown... home of Al Capone, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel,...
in the first 14 hours of the Christmas holiday weekend.
The most recent shooting happened about 12:50 p.m. Saturday on the Northwest Side. A 21-year-old man was sitting in his vehicle in the 4700 block of West Belmont when someone walked up and fired shots at him before running away, according to Chicago Police. The man was shot in the left thigh and was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where his condition was stabilized.
Less than three hours before that, a 15-year-old boy was shot in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side. He was shot in the leg at 10:27 a.m. in the 600 block of North Leamington, police said. He was taken to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park and his condition was stabilized.
A man was maimed in another shooting about 6:15 a.m. in the South Side Englewood neighborhood. The 27-year-old man was shot in the temple in the 7000 block of South Carpenter, according to Chicago Police. The gunman, another male, left the scene after the shooting. The victim was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where his condition stabilized. Police said the incident appears to be domestic-related.