Chicago shootings: At least 29 shot, 4 killed in weekend gun violence across city, CPD says

Monday, May 13, 2024
CHICAGO (WLS) -- At least 29 people were shot, four fatally, in shootings across Chicago this past weekend, police said.



A woman was shot and killed on the city's South Side Sunday night, according to Chicago police.

The shooting happened around 9:56 p.m. in the 6100-block of South King Drive in Washington Park.

A woman, 23, was found with a gunshot wound to the chest. She was taken to a hospital where she later died.



No one is in custody.

The circumstances surrounding the shooting are unknown.

CPD Area One Detectives are investigating the case as a homicide.

A man who was shot in West Garfield Park on Sunday night has been hospitalized in critical condition, according to Chicago police.

The man, 40, was on the sidewalk in the 3900-block of West Madison Avenue about 7:10 p.m. when a vehicle pulled up and someone inside fired shots, hitting the man in both legs, police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition.



No one is in custody.

A man was wounded Sunday in a shooting in South Shore.

The man, 39, was on the street in the 6800-block of South Dante Avenue about 6:10 p.m. when he was shot in the head, police said. He was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition.

No one is in custody.

A man who was wounded in a shooting in Roseland on Sunday afternoon was hospitalized, according to Chicago police.



A man, 22, was in an alley near the 10800-block of South Indiana Avenue just before 5 p.m. when he was shot in the neck, police said. He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition.

No one is in custody.

A 68-year-old man was grazed by a bullet in a shooting Saturday in Humboldt Park.

He was outside about 6:45 p.m. in the rear of a home in the 3200-block of West Beach Avenue when someone approached him and fired shots, Chicago police said.

The man suffered a graze wound to his ear and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was listed in fair condition, police said.



No arrests were reported.
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A man was shot and killed after an argument on the city's South Side, Chicago police said.

The shooting happened on Saturday around 4:30 a.m. in the 7400-block of South State Street in Park Manor at a Maxwell Street Polish. It is unknown if the shooting happened inside the business.

A 30-year-old man was in an argument with a man he was shot in the chest and died.

The shooter drove off north on State Street in an SUV.

No other injuries were reported.

No one is in custody. CPD Area One detectives are investigating it as a homicide.

Less than an hour earlier, another man was shot on the city's Southwest Side, according to police. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition, but he was later pronounced dead, the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office said Sunday.

The shooting happened around 3:16 a.m. in the 6200-block of South Campbell Avenue in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.
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When police responded to the shooting, they found a man around 30 to 40 years old with two gunshot wounds to the back. A witness told police the shooters was inside a moving car.

No one in custody. CPD Area One detectives are investigating.

A person has died after he was found shot inside a crashed car Friday night in Woodlawn.

The person, only identified as male, was found about 7:20 p.m. when someone waved down officers in the area to alert them of the car that had crashed into a wall in the 6700-block of South Woodlawn Avenue, according to Chicago police.

The driver suffered a gunshot wound to the chest and was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died, police said.

No arrests were reported.

Hours later, two people were shot while standing outside in on the city's Far South Side, police said.

The shooting happened around 9:50 p.m. In the 9600-block of South Loomis Street in the Longwood Manor neighborhood.
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A 31-year-old man was shot in the face and in the shoulder. He was taken to a hospital, police said he was in fair condition.

A 27-year-old man was shot multiple times in the torso, he was taken to the hospital in critical condition.

Chicago police said the victims were unable to provide details of the incident.

No one in custody. CPD Area Two detectives are investigating.

Last weekend, at least 31 people were shot, six fatally, in gun violence across Chicago, police said.

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The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.
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