Woman shot, killed in North Lawndale shooting
The woman was shot in the head and torso and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said.
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The woman was shot in the head and torso and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said.
The child was traveling in a minivan driven by a 23-year-old man in the 3100 block of South Ashland Avenue Wednesday evening.
A car crashed into a tree at 18th Street and Ridgeway Avenue in North Lawndale, but it was not clear if the crash was related to the shooting. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
Diontae Harper, 25, in a plea deal, admitted that he and another man shot and killed the victim who was sitting inside at a gas station in the 8600 block of South Halsted Street in Auburn Gresham on May 13, 2020.
All three victims were taken to Community First Hospital.
At 7:10 p.m., the little boy was traveling in a minivan being driven by a 23-year-old man in the 3100 block of South Ashland Avenue — near the diagonal Archer Avenue, police said. Another vehicle pulled up in the back, and someone inside fired shots at the minivan, police said. The 4-year-old boy was struck in the back.
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The boy was struck in the back when someone shot at the van in which he was riding in McKinley Park. Jermont Terry reports.
A 40-year-old man was killed in a shooting at a gas station early Wednesday morning on Chicago's South Side, police said.
A 40-year-old man was killed in the shooting following a quarrel at the gas station on Stony Island Avenue. Sara Machi reports.
All three shootings happened just after classes were dismissed for the day.
Just halfway through the month of May, five students have been wounded in three shootings this month outside Chicago Public Schools. All five victims of the three shootings are CPS students, and all three shootings happened just after classes were dismissed for the day.
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The victims were standing on the sidewalk when someone drove by and started shooting.
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