Jan. 05--A man was killed on a Safe Passage route on the first day back to classes for Chicago Public Schools students, one of six people shot across the city on Monday.
The 21-year-old man was shot four times in the chest about 8:20 a.m. near Lake Street and Central Avenue in the Austin neighborhood, according to authorities. He was taken to Loyola University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Police said witnesses saw a sedan car fleeing the scene. No other details were released and no one was reported in custody.
In another fatal shooting, a 33-year-old man was hit around 7:25 p.m. in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood, said Officer Ron Gaines, a Chicago police spokesman.
The man was walking with a 36-year-old man in the 1700 block of South Leavitt Street walking when a car drove by and someone inside fired shots, police said.
The older man was shot in the lower back and the 33-year-old man was shot in the chest, said Officer Hector Alfaro, a Chicago police spokesman. They were both were taken to Stroger Hospital.
The 33-year-old was later pronounced dead at the hospital, and the 36-year-old was listed in serious condition, Gaines said.
No one was in custody.
Three other people were wounded in shootings Monday, police said.
--A man drove himself to Advocate Christ Medical Center about 11:45 p.m. after getting shot in the Princeton Park neighborhood on the Far South Side, Alfaro said.
The man was in the 100 block of West 95th Street when he was hit in the right thigh, Alfaro said, citing preliminary information.
--About 6:10 p.m., a 27-year-old man walked into Little Company of Mary Hospital four days after he was shot in the buttocks on New Year's Day, Gaines said.
The man told police he was walking near West Garfield Boulevard and South Shields Avenue in the Englewood neighborhood on Friday when he heard gunshots and realized he was stuck, Gaines said.
The man told police he saw a gray sedan fleeing the scene.
The man's condition stabilized at the hospital, and no other information was available about the shooting.
--Earlier Monday afternoon, someone shot a 24-year-old man in the left leg about 1:35 p.m. He was walking in the 5400 block of West Harrison Street when he heard shots and felt pain, according to Officer Kevin Quaid, a Chicago police spokesman. He was taken to Loretto Hospital, where his condition stabilized.
--Someone shot a 29-year-old man in the left thigh about 12:05 p.m., according to police.
He was driving in the 4300 block of West Palmer Street in the Hermosa neighborhood when two people began shooting at him, said Officer Nicole Trainor, a Chicago police spokeswoman. The 29-year-old drove himself to Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center, where he was treated and released. Police previously said the man's age was 28.
No one was in custody.
Chicago Tribune's Peter Nickeas contributed.
