Shootings wound at least 15 overnight
Written by DJ Special Blend from Chicago on July 29, 2009
CHICAGO, IL – At least 15 people were wounded in shootings on the South and West Sides Tuesday night and early this morning, according to police.
The attacks included the shooting of seven people in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, the shooting of two people in the Little Village neighborhood and the shooting of a carjacking victim on the South Side.
At least five people were wounded in other shootings, according to police.
Among the attacks, according to police incident notifications:• A woman was standing on the sidewalk in the 6300 block of South Martin Luther King Drive when she heard shots fired and found herself wounded in the right calf about 9:40 p.m. Tuesday;
• A man was shot in the ankle during a robbery in the 100 block of North LaPorte Avenue about 9:50 p.m. Tuesday. He was in stable condition at Loretto Hospital.
• A man was wounded about 11:20 p.m. as he was sitting outside in the 4200 block of South Wells Street when two men began shooting. He was in stable condition at Provident Hospital.
• A man was walking on the street in the 10700 block of South Champlain Avenue about 11:50 p.m. Tuesday when someone fired a gun from a passing vehicle, hitting him in his right side. He was in good condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
• A man was shot in the 7200 block of South Cornell Avenue about 2:20 a.m. and taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest. His condition was stabilized
