4 killed, 43 wounded in weekend shootings in Chicago

Elyssa Cherney Contact Reporter Chicago Tribune


Four people were killed and 43 others were wounded, including a dozen teenagers, in shootings in Chicago over the weekend, according to police.

More than 1,700 people have been shot in the city this year,
about 180 fewer than this time last year when violence reached levels not seen in two decades.


There have been at least 313 homicides this year, eight fewer than this time last year, according to data collected by the Tribune.


Among those killed this past weekend was a 17-year-old boy, who was shot about 10:40 p.m. Sunday. He was arguing with someone at a gas station on the Southwest Side when the other person took out a gun and shot him several times, police said.


Two men
were killed Saturday night. They were 29 and 44.

The weekend's first homicide happened in the West Garfield Park neighborhood about 6:35 p.m. Friday in the 4700 block of W. West End Avenue, police said.

A 21-year-old man was on the porch of a home when two men got out of a yellow car, walked up and opened fire, police said. The man was shot in the head.

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