8 dead and 18 injured in weekend violence in Chicago

According to Chicago police, eight people were killed and 18 others injured in shootings between 5 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Monday. Another man was beaten to death during an argument in Austin.

On Sunday, 14 people were shot – two of them less than two hours apart on the same block in Little Village. One died and three were injured.

Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert around 5 p.m. Sunday and found a 19-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds, police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he later died. A 20-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman went to Mount Sinai Hospital, police said.

Officers responded to a call that a person had been shot in the 2800 block of South Kedzie Avenue around 6:25 p.m. They found a 23-year-old man who told them he had exchanged gunfire with some people, police said. A 31-year-old man went to Mount Sinai Hospital with a gunshot wound to the foot.

About 20 minutes later, 16-year-old Marvel White was arguing with someone in the 6500 block of South Racine Avenue when he was shot in the chest and legs, Chicago police and the Cook County coroner’s office said. He was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, where he later died.

The total number of people shot this weekend was lower than Father’s Day weekend, when 72 people were shot, eight of them fatally.

According to police, other shootings over the weekend include:

Friday:

Around 7 p.m., three 16-year-old boys were getting into a car in the 5600 block of North Rockwell Street when someone in a black SUV fired shots and fled the scene, Chicago police said.

One of the boys, Benicio Gomez, suffered a gunshot wound to the back and was taken to Ascension St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, where he was pronounced dead.

Another boy was taken to the same hospital in serious condition with a gunshot wound to the shoulder, police said. The third boy was shot in the knee and was in good condition at Illinois Masonic Medical Center.

Saturday:

At approximately 2:30 a.m., police found a 34-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds in the 400 block of West Division Street. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

About eight hours later, police found another man, 44, with multiple gunshot wounds in the 2900 block of South State Street. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Officers responding to a ShotSpotter alert at about 3:25 p.m. in the 4300 block of West 25th Street found Juan Rodriguez, 49, with numerous gunshot wounds, Chicago police and the Cook County coroner’s office said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

That evening, a 29-year-old man was in the 3500 block of West 73rd Street at about 8:09 p.m. when two men approached him and fired handguns at him, police said. The man was shot in the back, buttocks and arm and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition.

No arrests were made in any of the shootings on Saturday.

Sunday:

Shortly after 8:30 a.m., two men were found unconscious in a Jeep Cherokee in the 12300 block of South Halsted Street, police said. Both men had multiple gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead at the scene. One of them was identified by the Cook County Coroner’s Office as Ahmarion Tubbs, 20.

Monday:

A 45-year-old man was standing in the 7600 block of North Paulina Street shortly after midnight Monday when someone fired shots, police said. He was shot multiple times and taken to St. Francis Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.