At least five people have been killed and 12 others wounded in gun violence across Chicago Labor Day weekend.
One man was killed and two others were injured in a violent attack in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood early Saturday morning.
The shooting took place around 2:30 a.m. in the 3800 block of South Halsted Street where police found a 21-year-old man dead in an apartment building, police said.
Another man, 21, was found shot in the head and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition, according to Chicago Police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli.
A third man, 25, was found with gunshot wounds to the head and leg after his vehicle crashed into a light pole near 43rd Street and Wentworth Avenue, Mirabelli said.
Mirabelli said no other details were available on the shooting and it was not clear if the 25-year-old man was fleeing the scene.
Less than an hour later, a 19-year-old man was shot in the Pilsen neighborhood in the 1000 block of W. 20th Street.
Police said a light-colored SUV drove by and fired shots at the teen, striking him in the left leg. He was transported to Stroger Hospital in stable condition.
Around the same time, a woman was shot in the 4500 block of North Christiana Avenue during an armed robbery. The victim was transported to Swedish Covenant Hospital, police said.
The armed robbers fled the scene but were pulled over shortly after for a traffic stop in the 5300 block of North Kimball, according to authorities.
The officers then arrested two people in the vehicle’s back seat, but a third fled the scene on foot, according to police spokesperson Pat Camden.
Police chased the armed man through gangways before cornering him in the 5400 block of North Spaulding Avenue, according to Chicago Police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli.
Police ordered the man to put down his weapon, Camden said, but when the man raised his gun, an officer shot him in the arm and took him into custody.
Just after 4 a.m., a 31-year-old man was shot near the corner of Chicago and Menard Avenues.
Police said the man was standing on the sidewalk when a light-colored SUV drove by and fired shots.
The man was taken to West Suburban Medical Center with wounds to the chest and right arm, but police said he was later transferred to Stroger Hospital in critical condition.
Hours later, a teen was shot in the shoulder in the 500 block of West 81st Street. The 18-year-old man was shot just before 9 a.m. and police said the shooter appeared to have been a relative.
The teen was transported to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and was last listed in stable condition, O'Brien said.
O'Brien said it did not appear the shooter was in custody as of Saturday afternoon.
A man in his 20s was found dead Saturday afternoon in the rear of a building in the Morgan Park neighborhood.
The man, said to be between 20 and 25 years of age, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene, O'Brien said.
No one was in custody for the shooting as of Saturday afternoon.
The weekend's most recent shooting took place Sunday morning around 7:40 a.m. when police were called to the 12200 block of South Aberdeen Street, according to Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Sullivan.
A man was fatally shot in the head and pronounced dead at the scene. Police did not have any other details on the shooting Sunday morning.
Around 3 a.m. Sunday a 23-year-old man was shot in the 6700 block of South Marshfield Avenue.
The man was arguing with another man who took out a handgun and shot him, police siad.
The man was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital with a gunshot wound to the hip, police said.
Around 6 p.m. Saturday a 16-year-old boy was shot in the Uptown neighborhood.
The boy was in the 1000 block of West Wilson Avenue when he was shot in the head, police said.
He was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in critical condition.
A second person was also injured in the same shooting, and later walked into a hospital with a gunshot wound to his wrist, police said.
Around 1:20 p.m., in the 1100 block of North Orleans Street, a man, whose age was not immediately know, was shot in the head by another man dressed in red clothing, according to Chicago Police News Affairs Officer O'Brien.
The shooter fled the scene and the man was transported in serious condition to an area hospital, O'Brien said.
Further details surrounding the shooting were not immediately available.
On Friday, a man walked into Illinois Masonic Medical Center with a wound to the foot. The man said he was shot about six hours earlier in the 2700 block of North Western Avenue, but police said the incident is still being investigated and it appears the man may have shot himself.
Earlier, a man was killed around 1:30 p.m. in the 5100 block of South Winchester Avenue.
The man suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene.
No one was in custody for the shooting and no other details were available as of Saturday morning, Mirabelli said.
“While there have been significantly fewer shootings and murders this year, one victim is one too many and there's clearly more work to be done,” said Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy. “We will continue our close partnership with the community and continue implementing our comprehensive policing strategy, but to address gun violence we need stronger laws that keep illegal guns out of our streets in the first place."