March 02--A man was shot to death in a Back of Yards park and at least five other people were wounded, including a 16-year-old boy, in shootings Tuesday in Chicago, according to police.
William Bustos, 20, was walking in the 4400 block of South Hermitage Avenue about 6:15 p.m. when someone got out of a car and started firing, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Bustos, of the 1700 block of West 43rd Street, was shot several times and pronounced dead at the scene.
Another man was shot to death at the park there in October 2012, in an attack that also left two teens wounded.
Other shootings:
--About 6:35 p.m. in the Lawndale neighborhood, a 16-year-old boy was shot in what may have been a drive-by, police said. He was shot in the upper body in the 1300 block of South Homan Avenue and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition.
--At 2:45 p.m., a 19-year-old man was shot in South Austin, police said. He was in the 300 block of North Pine Avenue when he was hit in the leg. He went to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, and his condition was stabilized. The wound may have been self-inflicted, a law enforcement source said.
--About 2:15 p.m. in Lawndale, a 26-year-old man was shot in one arm and grazed in the other, police said. He was in a vehicle in the 2800 block of West Polk Street when shots were fired from another vehicle. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition.
--About 1:30 p.m., a 30-year-old man was wounded in the 1300 block of South Troy Street, according to Officer Thomas Sweeney, a police spokesman. According to preliminary reports, the man was on the street when someone approached and shot him in the side. He was taken in good condition to Mount Sinai Hospital, Sweeney said.
--About 9 a.m., a 25-year-old man was shot in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, police said. He walked into Norwegian American Hospital with a gunshot wound to the ankle and told police he had been shot in the 700 block of North St. Louis Avenue. He was listed in good condition.
