Feb. 12--A man was killed and two others were wounded Thursday in separate shootings in the city's Humboldt Park and East Garfield Park neighborhoods.
The fatal shooting happened about 5:20 p.m. in the 1100 block of North Springfield Avenue, said Officer Thomas Sweeney, a Chicago police spokesman.
According to preliminary reports, a 37-year-old man was in a vehicle when another car pulled up and someone inside fired shots, striking him several times. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.
At least five people have been shot, including one fatally, on that same Springfield Avenue block since January 2013, according to data compiled by the Chicago Tribune.
Reports indicated the shooting may have been gang-related.
A 16-year-old girl also was shot earlier Thursday in the same neighborhood.
The girl was near the intersection of Kildare Avenue and Hirsch Street about 8:30 a.m. Thursday when she was shot in the leg, police and fire officials said.
She was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, and her condition was stabilized.
Initial reports were that the girl may have been on her way to school. West Park Academy is about a block away.
Police were investigating whether the shooting was related to the crash of a U-Haul truck in the area around the same time.
A neighbor who had just dropped off her children at school said she heard up to six shots near the intersection, then saw the truck crash into three or four cars.
"I heard about three shots and then another three," said the neighbor, who wanted to be identified only by her first name, Patricia. "I thought it might be a school bus that backfired, then I heard a boom and saw this U-Haul truck hit these cars. I called the cops."
She went over to the truck and heard the driver tell police that someone in a car shot at him. "He said the car had been following him for a few blocks and started shooting at him," she said. The car then sped off.
"I think it's time to pack up and leave," said Patricia, who had just dropped off her children, 16 and 19, at a high school. "It's not the greatest neighborhood. It's not Beverly Hills. You have a few gangbangers. ... Stuff like this is going to happen.
"It's unfortunate because it's the time the kids are going to school."
More than two hours after the girl was shot, a 43-year-old man was wounded in a shooting in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, said Officer Jose Estrada, a Chicago police spokesman.
That shooting happened about 10:50 a.m. in the 2800 block of West Madison Street, Estrada said. According to preliminary reports, the man suffered a wound to the knee. There was no immediate information available about his condition or where he was taken for treatment.
