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Via Chicago Tribune
A gang-related drive-by shooting in the River North neighborhood left four people others wounded early Sunday morning, among at least 19 people injured, two of them fatally, by gunfire since 11 a.m. Saturday.
The most recent shooting involved a 29-year-old man shot and killed about 7:15 a.m. Sunday in the 900 block of East 81st Street in the East Chatham neighborhood on the South Side, according to Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Jose Estrada. The man suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head, Estrada said. He was identified as Jabari Davis who lived in the same block where he was killed, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
No other details were available on the shooting, Estrada said, but Area South detectives are investigating.
The River North shooting happened in the 500 block of West Erie Street about 3:10 a.m. At least one person in a passing sedan opened fire after shouting gang slogans toward the four, who police say are also gang members.
Police initially said a 20-year-old man died and three others were taken to area hospitals with gunshot wounds — a 21-year-old man shot in the torso and arm, a 20-year-old shot in the right foot and a 19-year-old in the left shoulder. The Cook County medical examiner’s office was not notified the man had died, however, and police said Sunday night that the 20-year-old was in critical condition at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
Area Central detectives are investigating the shooting and no one is in custody.
The second person killed overnight was a 23-year-old man who was shot about 3:15 a.m. in the 400 block of North Leclaire Avenue in the Austin neighborhood. The man had been in an argument with someone else who shot him in the abdomen and arm. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in serious condition, police said, and he died there.
He was identified as Terrance McNeal of the 400 block of Lemington Avenue, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
About 1:15 a.m. Sunday, a 25-year-old man was shot in the buttocks near Pulaski Road and Erie Street in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. He was taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County.
Earlier, a 17-year-old boy was shot about 11:10 p.m. walking walking on 87th Street just east of Greenwood Avenue in the Burnside neighborhood on the South Side. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center. Police blocked traffic while crowds cleared out and kids at a nearby roller rink waited for rides home.
Two teenagers and a man were shot about 9:25 p.m. in the 7900 block of South Merrill Avenue in the South Chicago neighborhood, police said. A 17-year-old boy was shot in the left foot and his condition had been stabilized at South Shore Hospital; another 17-year-old suffered a graze wound to the head, and his condition was stabilized at Stroger; and a 21-year-old man suffered a wound to the right armpit, and was treated and released from Stroger.
The three were walking north on Merrill on the east side of the street when two male attackers came up and shot them, police said.