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1 killed, 14 wounded in weekend shootings

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By Quinn Ford contact the reporter

One man was killed and at least 14 others were wounded in shootings across the city over the weekend.

A 39-year-old man became the city's first homcide victim of the year after he was shot and killed Saturday on the West Side, police said.

Randy James, of the 4600 block of West Adams Street, was standing on a sidewalk in the Austin neighborhood when he was shot. James was standing in the 5000 block of West Superior Street about 1:30 a.m. when he heard gunfire and felt pain, police said.

James realized he had been shot in the left side of his torso. The 39-year-old took himself to West Suburban Medical Center, police said. He was later transferred ot John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 5:50 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Most recently, a 20-year-old man was in critical conditon after he was shot in the head on the West Side.

The man was inside a residence in the 1300 block of South Kolin Avenue about 10:50 p.m. when he got into verbal argument with someone, police said. During the argument, the 20-year-old was shot in his head about, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in serious condition, police said.

Earlier Sunday, two men were wounded in an apparent drive-by shooting in the Back of the Yards. The two men, both 19, were taken to Mount Sinai where their conditions stabilized.
Six people were wounded in shootings across the city from Saturady afternoon through early Sunday morning, police said.

And from Friday evening through Saturday morning, another six people were wounded in shootings. A 14-year-old boy was also shot to death in Rosemont Friday night. The boy, later identified as Patrick Boswell, was the first homicide victim in Rosemont in a decade, officials said.

The boy, who lives in Des Plaines, was found lying in a gangway between two residential buildings a short distance from the Allstate Arena about 9 p.m. Friday, authorities said.

As of Sunday, Rosemont police could not say why the boy was shot or if the shooting was a random act. Rosemont police Cmdr. Gregory Nazuka did say that his department had never had contact with the boy and said police had not been called to the area for similar disturbances in the past.

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