2016 will be another banner year.
Via WLS:
One person was killed and at least 15 others were wounded in Chicago shootings on New Year’s Day.
A 24-year-old man became the first reported homicide of 2016 on January 1 at 2:20 a.m. in the Bronzeville neighborhood. Chicago police said his body was found next to a car on the street in the 4600-block of South St. Lawrence Avenue. He has not been identified.
15 SHOT ACROSS CITY
The most recent nonfatal shooting left a man critically wounded at 6:40 a.m. in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood.
A man, thought to be in his 30s, was shot in the chest in the 1900 block of West Garfield, police said. He traveled to 55th Street and Artesian before he was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition.
20 minutes earlier, another man was shot in the same neighborhood, according to police.The 29-year-old man was shot in the shoulder at 6:20 a.m. in the 5400 block of South Winchester, police said. He was also taken to Stroger, but his condition was not immediately known.
About two hours earlier, a man was shot in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.The 26-year-old man was shot in the leg at 4:30 a.m. in the 600 block of South Kostner Avenue, police said. He took himself to Rush University Medical Center, where he was listed in good condition.
About two hours earlier, three men were shot in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side.The men – ages 26, 20, and 22, – were standing near a gas station just before 3 a.m. in the 7500 block of South State when someone approached them and opened fire, police said.