7 Dead, 20 Wounded in Chicago Weekend Violence

Police said five people were fatally shot

Editor's Note: NBC Chicago includes shootings that took place between 6 p.m. Friday and 12 a.m. Monday in the weekend violence report.

At least 22 people have been shot and several others stabbed in violent attacks across Chicago this weekend.

Police said five people were fatally shot and two people were stabbed to death this weekend.

The weekend’s first homicide took place around 11:30 p.m. Friday when police found a man stabbed to death inside a home in the 5800 block of North Mobile Avenue.

Officers were conducting a well-being check after neighbors reported a disturbance leading to a fight outside the home.

Police arrived and found a 36-year-old man in the kitchen with multiple stab wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.

Around the same time, a 20-year-old man was fatally stabbed during a robbery attempt in the West Rogers Park neighborhood roughly 6.5 miles away.

The man was standing near a park in the 6200 block of North Hoyne Avenue when a group of men walked up and demanded his cell phone. When the man refused, he was stabbed.

The victim was taken to Swedish Covenant Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.

Around 3 a.m. Saturday police said a 64-year-old man was killed during an attempted robbery outside a store in the 1500 block of South Lawndale Avenue. The man was approached by two men who shot him while attempting to rob him. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition and was later pronounced dead, according to Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Janel Sedevic.

Just after 4 a.m. Saturday,  a 19-year-old man was shot in the chest in the West Town neighborhood. The teen may have been a passenger in a vehicle at the time of the shooting, which took place in the 500 block of North Bishop, police said.

The teen was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, but the Cook County Medical Examiner's office confirmed the teen died Sunday morning.

Two people were shot to death within an hour Saturday night.

Just before 9 p.m., three people were shot in the 7200 block of South Damen Avenue. A 19-year-old man was shot in the head and was initially transported to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County in serious condition but was later pronounced dead, according to Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Jose Estrada.

An 18-year-old woman was shot in the leg and a 22-year-old man was shot in the arm. Both were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in stable condition.

Police said the three were standing at the corner of 73rd and Damen when a black sedan pulled up and a man got out and opened fire. Area South Detectives are investigating.

A little less than one hour later, officers were patrolling the city’s Bronzeville neighborhood when they reported hearing gunshots. The officers searched the area and found a 24-year-old man on the sidewalk in the 4500 block of South Evans Avenue. The man was unresponsive at the scene with multiple gunshot wounds to his body.

He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Just before 4 a.m. Sunday, a security guard shot a drunken man who attacked him after being asked to leave a restaurant in the 4500 block of North Kedzie Avenue.

Police said the security guard asked a 47-year-old man to leave the facility and the intoxicated man returned a short time later armed with a knife. The man confronted the guard and attacked him, police said. The guard then shot the man.

The man was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center and was later pronounced dead.

At least 11 people were wounded in shootings since Friday. Three others were hurt in a stabbing in the city’s Loop early Sunday morning.

  • Less than 30 minutes later, two men were shot in the 1600 block of West Cullerton. The two were sitting in a vehicle when someone walked up and opened fire. A 25-year-old man was shot in the knee and an 18-year-old man was shot in the hand. Both were taken to Rush University Medical Center in good condition.
  • Around 12:30 a.m. Sunday, a 22-year-old man was shot in the 3800 block of West Gladys. The man was shot in the chest and was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital in stable condition. Police said he was treated and released. Details surrounding the shooting were not immediately available.
  • Around the same time, three people were shot at a block party in the 3900 block of West Arthington Street. Police said a 73-year-old woman sitting on a porch and two men, ages 30 and 50, who were standing in the street, were shot when offenders opened fire in their direction from further down the street. The woman was hit in the shoulder and the 50-year-old was struck in the thigh. Both were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition. The 30-year-old man was also struck in the thigh and was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition.
  • Two people were shot around 10:30 p.m. Saturday in the 900 block of West 87th Street in the city’s Gresham neighborhood. A 28-year-old man was walking down the street when he told police he “heard shots and felt pain.” The man was shot in the calf and taken to Little Company of Mary Hospital in good condition. A 34-year-old employee of a nearby business also heard the shots and suffered a graze wound to the forehead. He was taken to Little Company of Mary Hospital by a friend and was listed in good condition. Police said both victims did not know each other.
  • Just after 9 p.m., a 22-year-old man shot in an apparent drive-by while riding a bicycle in the 1400 block of West Morse Avenue in the Rogers Park neighborhood. The man was taken in critical condition to Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston with gunshot wounds to the head and back, police said.
  • A 24-year-old woman was shot just before 8 p.m. in the 10200 block of South Normal . The woman was walking on the sidewalk with her boyfriend when she heard approximately five shots and realized she had been shot in the shoulder. The woman ran to her home in the 400 block of West 103rd Street and called police. She was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in stable condition. Police do not believe she was the intended target.

Six others were shot Friday evening and Saturday morning.

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