At least 22 people were shot, including a man who was fatally wounded by police, in separate attacks during a 14-hour period from Saturday afternoon to early Sunday.
In the Bronzeville neighborhood, two men were fatally shot and a third wounded in the 4200 block of South State Street about 1:30 a.m. Sunday.
A 47-year-old man who had been shot in the head was taken to Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 2:13 a.m. A 31-year-old man named Rober Cooley was also shot in the head, and he was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital Sunday about 4 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
The 47-year-old was identified as Arthur L. Smith, of the 4000 block of South King Drive, according to the medical examiner’s office. Cooley lived in the 4100 block of South Prairie Avenue.
A 49-year-old man was shot in the arm, and he went on his own to Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, where his condition was stabilized.
Police did not immediately release details about what led to the shooting. Officers focused on a vacant lot across from Metcalfe Park.
Sunday’s triple shooting took place just south of where two people were fatally wounded Friday morning in a rifle shooting, according to police.
About 10:45 p.m. Saturday, a man was fatally wounded during an “armed confrontation” with police in a gangway in the 2200 block of South Kostner Avenue, according to Chicago police. The man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:26 a.m. He was identified as Quentica Locke, 36, whose address had not yet been confirmed, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
12 shot in four hours
A man paced the edge of a crime scene just after 4:40 a.m. Sunday in the 2400 block of South Washtenaw Avenue in Little Village.
Nearby, paramedics worked on the man’s 18-year-old brother who had been shot. But the man was convinced paramedics couldn’t help his brother.
“He’s dead,” he said. “My brother’s dead. He’s (expletive) dead.”
The 18-year-old man was shot while he was walking south. Two shooters approached from a gangway and opened fire.
He was one of 12 people who were shot within four hours Sunday.
The man said he had warned his brother to not walk in the area where he had been shot. His brother didn’t listen.
“They can’t save him,” he said as he questioned why paramedics hadn’t taken his brother to a hospital.
Another woman, holding a plastic cup and a cellphone, stood outside the crime scene, asking an officer to ask the wounded man who he was. She was worried he could be one of her sons or nephews.
“He’s alive, but he’s not talking,” the officer told her.
As the woman tried to make phone calls to figure out who was shot, the man put his hand around her neck.
“He’s dead,” he said.
A detective soon arrived.
“Are you homicide?” the man asked.
“No,” the detective answered.
“You look like homicide,” the man said.
The 18-year-old man was listed in critical condition at an area hospital. Police later said he had been shot multiple times, from the leg to the head.
In other shootings:
A 25-year-old man was shot in the left leg just before 5:30 a.m. Sunday in the 4400 block of West Madison Street in the West Garfield Park neighborhood, police said. He took himself to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was listed in good condition.
About 4:45 a.m. Sunday, a 30-year-old man was shot in the right leg while he was walking in the 5100 block of West Madison Street in the South Austin neighborhood, police said. His condition was stabilized at Loretto Hospital.
A 27-year-old man was shot in both legs while he was standing about 4:15 a.m. in the 500 block of North Sawyer Avenue in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, police said. Someone inside a passing blue sedan shot at the man. His condition was stabilized at Mount Sinai Hospital.
About 4 a.m., a 22-year-old woman was shot in the right leg while she was in the 1800 block of North Mason Avenue in the North Austin neighborhood, police said. Her condition was stabilized at Mount Sinai Hospital.
About 3:45 a.m. a 24-year-old was twice shot in the back in the 4500 block of West Jackson Boulevard, according to police. As he stood in the West Garfield Park neighborhood, a person with a gun came up to the man and opened fire, officials said. The 24-year-old man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in serious condition, police said. No arrests have been made.
A 23-year-old man was seriously wounded in a shooting about 3:40 a.m. Sunday in the 3000 block of West Roosevelt Road in the Lawndale neighborhood, police said. He was in a car that was stopped at a traffic light when someone inside a passing car opened fire, striking him in the head. He was in serious condition at Mount Sinai Hospital.
Two people were shot near the intersection of Madison Street and California Avenue about 1:10 a.m., police said. A 29-year-old was shot “multiple times” and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition. A 28-year-old man later walked into the same hospital seeking treatment for a hand wound. He was being uncooperative, police said.
A 49-year-old man was in serious condition after a shooting in the 7200 block of South Evans Avenue about 12:30 a.m. Sunday. It’s not clear how he was shot, according to police. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn for treatment.
About 10:20 p.m. Saturday, a 19-year-old man was shot by someone in the buttocks while he was standing in the backyard of a home in the 7300 block of South Greenwood Avenue in the Grand Crossing neighborhood, police. He was in good condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
A 25-year-old man walked into St. Bernard Hospital & Healthcare Center seeking treatment for a gunshot wound to his neck about 10:05 p.m., according to authorities. He had been shot in the 5000 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue. He had been in a fight with a 31-year-old that “culminated in the (31-year-old) shooting the victim,” and the older man is in custody, police said. A weapon was recovered and the gunshot victim was later transferred to Stroger Hospital for treatment.
Two people were wounded about 10 p.m. in a shooting in the 900 block of East 79th Street in the Grand Crossing neighborhood, police said. A 28-year-old man was shot multiple times, and he was taken in critical condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center. A 27-year-old man was shot in the right ankle. His condition was stabilized at Jackson Park Hospital. Just outside of where the shooting took place, many wore white with buttons memorializing Deshawn Boswell, 26, who was fatally shot last month around the corner from Saturday’s attack.
A 32-year-old woman was shot in the left arm in a drive-by shooting about 8:40 p.m. in the 4000 block of West Polk Street in Lawndale, police said. She was standing in a vacant lot when someone inside a passing gray Dodge Charger shot at her. Her condition was stabilized at Stroger Hospital.
In the 6300 block of South Artesian Avenue in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood, a 44-year-old woman suffered a wound to the abdomen and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where her condition was stabilized, police said. A second victim, 50, was shot on the right side and also went to Advocate Christ Medical Center. Her condition was stabilized. Police said both women were outside when they heard shots and felt pain.
About 6:45 p.m., a 32-year-old man was shot in the 1500 block of West 63rd Street in the Englewood neighborhood. He suffered a graze wound to the right thigh and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was in good condition, police said.
Saturday afternoon, a 27-year-old man was wounded in an attack on the Southwest Side in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, police said. The shooting happened shortly after 3:45 p.m. in the 2400 block of South St. Louis Avenue. The man told police he heard shots, felt pain and realized he had been shot but did not see the shooter. The victim got himself to Mount Sinai Hospital with a graze wound to the left ankle. He was reportedly in good condition, police said. An earlier report said the shooting occurred in the Logan Square neighborhood, but that was not correct.
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Editor’s Note: This story was updated on July 5, 2017 to reflect the death of Robert Cooley, who was shot in the 4200 block of South State Street and died later that day.
