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Chicago Tribune
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Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas

12 shot, 2 fatally, in Chicago shootings

CHICAGO _ Two men were killed and 10 people were wounded in Chicago shootings between Sunday morning and early Monday.

In the most recent killing, a 24-year-old man was walking in a South Side alley with several other men when someone came up and shot him in the head around 12:40 a.m. Monday in the East Chatham neighborhood, police said. The man was pronounced dead on the scene in the 8300 block of South Ingleside Avenue.

No one was in custody.

On Sunday evening, a 30-year-old man was fatally shot on the West Side in the 1300 block of North Mason Avenue in the Austin neighborhood about 7:25 p.m., according to police. The man suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where he was pronounced dead.

The man was standing outside a vehicle when another vehicle drove up and someone inside fired shots, hitting him, before the vehicle drove off, police said.

About 8 p.m., about a mile east of the Mason Avenue killing, a 24-year-old man was seriously injured in a shooting in the North Austin neighborhood, police said. The man suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition. The man was in the 1400 block of North Latrobe Avenue when he heard shots and felt pain, police said.

In other shootings:

On the South Side around 1:45 a.m. Monday, a 20-year-old man was wounded in the Bridgeport neighborhood while driving north in the 3300 block of North Morgan Street, police said. He was shot by someone who pulled up next to him in a black SUV, according to police. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.

On the Southwest Side around 1:15 a.m., a 34-year-old man was found in a vehicle in the 4300 block of West 79th Street in the Scottsdale neighborhood with a gunshot wound to the abdomen, police said. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition.

On the South Side around 11:20 p.m. Sunday, a 23-year-old woman was shot in the neck in the Englewood neighborhood, police said. The woman was standing on a porch with a man in the 6500 block of South Sangamon Street. Three men began beating the man on the porch, police said, and a gun discharged, striking the woman. She was taken to Stroger Hospital, where her condition was stabilized.

Around 11:20 p.m. on the West Side, a 34-year-old woman was shot in the buttocks in the 1000 block of North Massasoit Avenue in the South Austin neighborhood, police said. The woman reported that she heard shots and felt pain. She was taken to Stroger Hospital, where her condition was stabilized, according to police.

Also in the South Austin neighborhood, a 27-year-old man was shot in the leg while he was walking on the sidewalk around 10:40 p.m. in the 300 block of South Leamington Avenue, police said. The man reported that he heard shots and felt pain. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.

Around 10:40 p.m. in another West Side area, a 21-year-old man was shot in the hand while standing in a gas station parking lot in the 100 block of North Western Avenue in the West Town neighborhood, police said.

Around 10 p.m. in another West Side area, a 32-year-old man was shot in the face in the 4100 block of West Hirsch Street in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood, police said. He was standing in a park when he heard shots and felt pain, according to police. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition.

About 1 p.m. on the Far South Side, a man was shot in the 12200 block of South Aberdeen Street in the West Pullman neighborhood, police said. The man, 42, was shot in the arm and leg and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where his condition was stabilized. The man had gotten out of a car and started walking when someone came up and fired at him, police said. Two vehicles also were hit by gunfire.

About 12:40 p.m. on the South Side, a 27-year-old was shot in the 2900 block of East 87th Street in the South Chicago neighborhood, police said. The man told investigators he was standing on 87th when he heard a gunshot and felt pain, police said. He went in a private vehicle to Advocate Trinity Hospital, where he was in good condition and being treated for a wound to the buttocks, investigators said.

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