April 27--Two men were shot, one fatally, in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, among at least six people injured in Chicago shootings since late afternoon Tuesday.
The two were shot around 4:35 p.m. in the 900 block of West Garfield Boulevard, police said. A 24-year-old man shot in the abdomen died at Stroger Hospital. The other man, 19, was in critical condition at the hospital.
The man killed was identified as Glenn Wheeler, of the 5200 block of South Wood Street, a little more than a mile west and a few blocks north of where he was shot, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. Wheeler was pronounced dead at 6:02 p.m., according to the office, which determined Wednesday that he died from multiple gunshot wounds.
Wheeler had no criminal background in Cook County, according to court records.
Police said the two were in a westbound car when someone in another westbound car opened fire. No one is in custody.
Other shootings:
--At 9:35 p.m., a 24-year-old man was shot during an attempted robbery in the University Village neighborhood. He was sitting in a vehicle in the 1000 block of West 14th Street when someone with a gun came up, opened the door and announced a robbery. The two began to struggle, and the would-be robber shot the man in the right foot. Despite being shot, the man was able to get control of his attacker's gun. He went to Stroger Hospital in good condition. Police recovered the weapon, but the shooter fled and is still at large.
--Five minutes earlier, a 33-year-old man was shot in the Brighton Park neighborhood. He went to Stroger Hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg and told investigators he had been shot in the 2400 block of West 34th Place. His condition was stabilized.
--In the West Garfield Park neighborhood, a 23-year-old man was shot at about 8:20 p.m., according to Officer Kevin Quaid, a police spokesman. The man was outside his home in the 4700 block of West Huron Street when the shooter approached on foot, Quaid said. The man was hit in the knee and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition.
--At 4:15 p.m., a 34-year-old woman was shot in the shoulder during a domestic-related attack in the 5900 block of South Loomis Boulevard. The woman was injured following a fight with a male attacker inside a home. One person was in custody. The woman was taken first to University of Chicago Medical Center and then to Mount Sinai Hospital, where her condition was stabilized.
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