At least nine people — including four kids — were killed and 51 others wounded in shootings in Chicago this weekend, according to reports.
Among the four children killed was 3-year-old Mekay James, who was fatally struck in the back Saturday at around 6:30 p.m. in Austin, on the city’s West Side, local outlets reported.
The tot died after someone in a blue Honda pulled up behind the black SUV the boy’s 27-year-old father was driving and fired several rounds, according to The Chicago Sun-Times.
Police sources told the outlet the father, whose abdomen was grazed by a bullet, was believed to be the intended target.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot called the shooting “a heinous, unconscionable act of cowardice,” adding that the boy “had his whole life ahead of him,” according to the Sun-Times.
About two hours later, also in Austin, a 13-year-old girl was killed and two teenage boys were injured in another spray of gunfire.
Amaria J. Jones was fatally hit in the neck as she sat inside her home. The teen boys, aged 15 and 16, were sitting on a porch when one of them noticed a red laser pointing at him and heard gunfire, police said.
The younger boy, who was struck in the back, and the older boy, who was hit in the leg, were taken to a hospital in good condition.
Hours earlier in South Chicago, a man shot and killed 17-year-old Jasean Francis and a 16-year-old boy, whose name wasn’t immediately released. The teens were in an alley at around 5:10 p.m. when they were gunned down, authorities said.
Also on Saturday night, police responding to reports of a shooting at 7:46 p.m. in Austin found two injured men on the sidewalk. One of them, 27, died of gunshot wounds to the torso, while the other, 32, was hit in the left foot, according to Sun-Times Media.
Less than an hour earlier, a 23-year-old man was fatally struck in the neck during a fight in Logan Square on the city’s Northwest Side.
On Friday night, two men were killed in separate shootings less than an hour apart on the West Side.
Johnny Teajue, 33, was hit in the neck during a drive-by shooting at around 9:52 p.m. in Austin.
Another 33-year-old, Almos Collum, was killed when someone fired into his vehicle from another car around 10:49 p.m. in Garfield Park.
The latest fatal shooting took place early Sunday in Humboldt Park on the West Side, leaving 41-year-old Alexis Perez dead and three other men injured.
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Among the four children killed was 3-year-old Mekay James, who was fatally struck in the back Saturday at around 6:30 p.m. in Austin, on the city’s West Side, local outlets reported.
The tot died after someone in a blue Honda pulled up behind the black SUV the boy’s 27-year-old father was driving and fired several rounds, according to The Chicago Sun-Times.
Police sources told the outlet the father, whose abdomen was grazed by a bullet, was believed to be the intended target.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot called the shooting “a heinous, unconscionable act of cowardice,” adding that the boy “had his whole life ahead of him,” according to the Sun-Times.
About two hours later, also in Austin, a 13-year-old girl was killed and two teenage boys were injured in another spray of gunfire.
Amaria J. Jones was fatally hit in the neck as she sat inside her home. The teen boys, aged 15 and 16, were sitting on a porch when one of them noticed a red laser pointing at him and heard gunfire, police said.
The younger boy, who was struck in the back, and the older boy, who was hit in the leg, were taken to a hospital in good condition.
Hours earlier in South Chicago, a man shot and killed 17-year-old Jasean Francis and a 16-year-old boy, whose name wasn’t immediately released. The teens were in an alley at around 5:10 p.m. when they were gunned down, authorities said.
Also on Saturday night, police responding to reports of a shooting at 7:46 p.m. in Austin found two injured men on the sidewalk. One of them, 27, died of gunshot wounds to the torso, while the other, 32, was hit in the left foot, according to Sun-Times Media.
Less than an hour earlier, a 23-year-old man was fatally struck in the neck during a fight in Logan Square on the city’s Northwest Side.
On Friday night, two men were killed in separate shootings less than an hour apart on the West Side.
Johnny Teajue, 33, was hit in the neck during a drive-by shooting at around 9:52 p.m. in Austin.
Another 33-year-old, Almos Collum, was killed when someone fired into his vehicle from another car around 10:49 p.m. in Garfield Park.
The latest fatal shooting took place early Sunday in Humboldt Park on the West Side, leaving 41-year-old Alexis Perez dead and three other men injured.
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