Violence Plagues Chicago Over Father's Day Weekend

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A bloody wave of violence hit Chicago over Father’s Day weekend, resulting in seven deaths and 41 injuries. According to NBC Chicago, police are currently investigating the shootings, which began late Friday night.

Sources say the massacre has been named the city’s deadliest weekend of the year.

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Adam Collins, spokesman for the Chicago Police, said the department is simply focusing on “progress, not victory.”

“There’s going to be good days and there’s going to be bad days.” he said, “which is why we’ve been calling this progress, not victory.”

Here’s a review of the weekend’s senseless gun violence:

– At 10:50 p.m. Saturday 21-year-old Ricardo Herrera was killed and two others were shot in the 2500 block of South Ridgeway Avenue, police said.

The two injured were taken to Mount Sinai.

– At 12:30 a.m. Sunday, an 18-year-old man was shot in the head, chest and shoulder in a drive by shooting that also injured a 22-year-old woman in the thigh near 31st Street and Pulaski Road. The man was taken to Mount Sinai in critical condition, according to Police News Affairs Officer Mirabelli.

– At 11:45 p.m. Saturday a 16-year-old boy was shot by a gunman on a bicycle in the 4100 block of West North Avenue, police said. The boy tried to flee but collapsed a short distance from where he was shot. He was pronounced dead at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center at 1:37 a.m. after sustaining gunshot wounds to the left arm and back, Mirabelli said. The teen was later identified as Kevin Rivera of the 1500 block of North Keystone Avenue, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. Chicago Police news affairs confirmed Sunday the teen had gang affiliations. His death was ruled a homicide but police had no one in custody as of Sunday morning.

-Just after midnight Sunday, someone opened fire in a nightclub in the Chatham neighborhood, killing one man and injuring three others. Todd Wood, 40, was killed in the shooting and three others were treated for gunshot wounds at area hospitals. One person is in critical condition, officials said.

-Around 1:15 a.m. Sunday, police responded to a call of a man shot in the 7400 block of South Parnell Avenue. They found a 19-year-old man bleeding from the chest, stomach and shoulder, Mirabelli said. The teen, identified as Jamal Jones, of the 8800 block of South Yale Avenue, was later pronounced dead at Christ Hospital, according to the medical examiner’s office. Minutes after, a man was killed and a woman was wounded in the 200 block of South Keeler Avenue on the city’s West Side, police said.

-Cortez Wilberton, of the 200 block of South Lavergne Avenue, was pronounced dead at Loretto Hospital, according to the medical examiner’s office.The wounded woman was treated for a graze wound to the face at Loretto Hospital. She was listed in stable condition as of Sunday morning. Less than an hour later, a police-involved shooting killed one man in the Lawndale neighborhood. Officers attempted to pull a car over several times when the passenger jumped out and started running in the 1600 block of South Springfield Avenue around 2:30 a.m., police said.

-The latest shooting occurred around 4 p.m. Sunday on the 500 block of North Leclaire Avenue when two people were shot, according to Chicago Police news affairs Officer Veejay Zala. A 25-year-old man was shot in the back and abdomen and a 21-year-old woman was shot in the finger, Zala said.

-At 4:10 a.m. in the 3400 block of West Walnut Street a 34-year-old man was shot in the head, back and leg. He was taken by a friend to Mount Sinai Hospital but was not cooperative with police, Mirabelli said. The weekend’s first fatality occurred around 11:34 p.m. Friday in the 5500 block of West Quincy Street when two men were shot during a “dispute,” officials said. One man, 24, was taken to Loyola University Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead. The other man, 23, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital with a wound to the stomach. His condition was not immediately known.

-Shortly after, two people were shot blocks away in the South Austin neighborhood near Leclaire Avenue and Madison Street around 12:45 a.m. Saturday, police said.

-A man in his 20s was wounded in the neck and buttocks after he was shot standing outside, according to Officer Mirabelli. The man was transported to Loyola University Medical Center and a woman, who was also wounded in the shooting, was taken to West Suburban Medical Center with gunshot wounds to the thigh. Across the city, 16 others were wounded in shootings throughout the weekend. Around 9:45 p.m. a man in his 20s was shot in the buttocks and thigh in 9400 block of South Loomis Street, police said. At 9:30 p.m., two people were shot in the 7700 block of South Homan Avenue. A 21-year-old was injured in the leg and arm and a woman was injured in the thigh.

-In the Marquette Park neighborhood Saturday afternoon two shootings occurred blocks away from each other. The first shooting happened around 2:15 p.m. in the 7200 block of South Artesian Avenue where at least three people were wounded, officials said. The other incident occurred near 74th Street and Maplewood Avenue, where one person was shot. Around 6:10 a.m. Saturday in the 7600 block of South Ashland Avenue a man was shot in the arm during a carjacking. Hours earlier, a man was reportedly dropped off at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital with a graze wound to the face around 3:30 a.m., but would not cooperate with police to determine where the shooting occurred, according to the Chicago Tribune. Around 12:40 a.m. a 31-year-old man was shot in the back in the 1500 block of South St. Louis Avenue.

-In the Little Village neighborhood, a 23-year-old man was shot around 10:40 p.m. Friday in the 2800 block of South Kedvale Avenue. He sustained gunshot wounds to the buttocks after a vehicle pulled up and a passenger fired several shots at the man, who has known gang affiliations, police said. An hour earlier, two people were wounded in the Fernwood neighborhood after a group began shooting from across the street in the 10600 block of South Wentworth Avenue.

-A 32-year-old man was shot in the shoulder and taken to Mount Sinai and a 35-year-old man was treated on scene for a graze wound, Mirabelli said.

-Earlier Friday, a man in his 20′s was shot in the toe in the 6400 block of South Oakley Avenue and taken to Holy Cross Hospital. Around 3:30 p.m. Friday, two 19-year-olds were reportedly shot in the 9300 block of South Stewart Avenue.