Feb. 01--A South Chicago man was fatally shot and three other men were wounded in separate shootings since Saturday morning, police said.
Police responding to a call of shots fired Saturday morning found a 22-year-old man fatally shot in the South Chicago neighborhood, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
The call to police came at 11:16 a.m., and when police arrived to the 8100 block of South Chappel Avenue, they found a man, identified as Savoy Young, unresponsive in an alley with multiple gunshot wounds to the body, according to police spokeswoman Ana Pacheco said and the medical examiner's office.
Young, of the 8200 block of South Luella Avenue, was pronounced dead at 11:38 a.m. at the scene, according to the medical examiner's office.
Detectives are investigating. No further information was immediately available.
In the latest incident, a 28-year-old man was in critical condition after being shot around 1:10 a.m. in the Little Village neighborhood on the West Side, said Chicago Police spokesman Officer Amina Greer.
The man was walking out of a Road Ranger store in the 3400 block of South California Avenue when a white SUV pulled up and someone inside fired shots, police said.
The man was shot in the left thigh and was driven to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was listed in critical condition, police said.
No other information about the shooting was available.
Around 11:50 p.m., a 22-year-old man walked into Holy Cross Hospital after being shot in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood, Greer said.
The man told police he was walking in the 6000 block of South Maplewood Avenue when an attacker walked up to him and fired shots.
He was struck in the leg and managed to walk into Holy Cross Hospital where he was listed in good condition, police said.
Around 10:05 p.m., a 30-year-old man was shot during an attempted robbery in the South Austin neighborhood on the West Side, said Chicago Police spokesman Officer Hector Alfaro.
The man was sitting in a parked vehicle in the 700 block of North Central Avenue when an attacker approached him, announced a robbery and fired shots, Alfaro said.
The man was hit in the arm and was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital where his condition stabilized, Alfaro said.
No one was in custody as a result of the shooting as of Saturday evening.
