Nov. 04--Two men were killed and at least nine others were wounded in West, North and South side shootings Tuesday, Chicago police said.
The latest fatality occured at 6:15 p.m. in the 5600 block of South Artesian Avenue in the Gage Park neighborhood, police said.
A 24-year-old man was standing outside when two male attackers walked up, fired shots and ran, police said.
The man suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, police said. He was identified as Marlon Spivey of the 5600 block of South Campbell Avenue, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
No one was in custody, and no other information was immediately available.
Another 24-year-old man was fatally shot about 1 p.m. near 15th Street and Spaulding Avenue in the Lawndale neighborhood, according to authorities. He was pronounced dead not long after the shooting.
He was in an argument with a man outside when the man pulled a gun and started shooting, police said. No one is in custody, and area detectives are investigating.
Most recently, a 27-year-old man was wounded in a shooting around 8:55 p.m. in the Rogers Park neighborhood on the Far North Side, said Officer Hector Alfaro, a police spokesman.
The man was standing in an alley in the 1500 block of West Jonquil Terrace, talking to a group of people when a shooter approached and fired shots, striking him in the ankle, Alfaro said.
The man was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston.
At 8:45 p.m., a 20-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy were wounded in a drive-by shooting in the Jeffery Manor neighborhood on the Far South Side, Alfaro said.
The man was sitting in a rear seat of a parked Jeep in the 9600 block of South Brennan Avenue when someone inside a passing Chevrolet Impala fired shots, Alfaro said.
The man was struck in the thigh, and the driver of the Jeep tried to flee the gunfire but struck a tree, Alfaro said.
The wounded man then walked to the 9700 block of South Van Vlissingen Road from where an ambulance took him to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. His condition stabilized at the hospital, Alfaro said.
The 16-year-old boy was walking on the sidewalk in the 9600 block of South Brennan Avenue when he heard gunshots and realized he was struck in the back and left hip, Alfaro said.
The boy's mother took him to Advocate Trinity Hospital at first. He later ended up at Comer Children's Hospital and was transferred from there to Stroger Hospital for treatment. His condition stabilized, Alfaro said.
Around 7:50 p.m., a 34-year-old man was shot during an armed robbery in the 1200 block of West 96th Street in the Longwood Manor neighborhood on the Far South Side, police said.
The man was shot in the right shoulder and buttocks and was taken to Advocate Christ, where his condition had stabilized, said Officer Veejay Zala, a police spokesman.
At 5:30 p.m., a 24-year-old man was shot in the 8600 block of South Exchange Avenue in the South Chicago neighborhood, Zala said. The man was shot in the buttocks and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where his condition had stabilized.
At 5:08 p.m., a 22-year-old man and a female, whose age was not immediately available, were shot in the 700 block of East 62nd Street in the Woodlawn neighborhood, police said. The female suffered a graze wound to her head and was taken in serious condition to the University of Chicago hospital, police said.
The 22-year-old man was shot in the left hand and was taken to the University of Chicago hospital, where his condition had stabilized, police said.
An earlier shooting that left two wounded happened at 11 a.m. in the 3900 block of West Madison Street in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, said Officer Janel Sedevic, a police spokeswoman.
An 18-year-old man was shot in the upper left chest and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition. A 16-year-old girl who was with him was grazed on her upper right arm, Sedevic said.
According to preliminary information, the two were on the street when two male offenders walked up to the 18-year-old, began firing and fled on foot, police said. The girl was not the intended target, police said.
