CHICAGO (CBS) — At least 43 people have been shot, nine of them fatally, so far this weekend across Chicago, including one deadly shooting at a party in the South Austin neighborhood and another on a porch in Englewood.
The Englewood shooting happened at 3:58 p.m. in the 6200 block of South Bishop Street, police said. The victims were on a porch on the block when a vehicle passed by and two assailants got out and opened fire striking them all.
A 35-year-old man was shot in the head and was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital of Cook County. A 17-year-old boy was shot in the right hip and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition.
A 60-year-old man was suffered a graze wound to the lower back and was taken to Holy Cross Hospital in good condition, and a 26-year-old woman was shot in the right hand and was taken to St. Bernard Hospital in good condition.
In West Rogers Park, a shooting left a woman with a graze wound to the head, and left a firehouse and several other buildings riddled with bullets.