32 shot in 15 hours in Chicago as holiday weekend draws to close

60 Shot in total!

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Thirty-two people were shot in 15 hours between about noon on Monday and 3 a.m. on Tuesday to end the July 4th weekend, doubling the total number of gunshot victims from the three previous nights, according to police.

Among the wounded were a 5-year-old girl and 7-year-old boy playing on an Englewood street and two adults who were nearby at the time, according to police.

The two were in the 5500 block of South Hermitage about 11 p.m. when at least one person started shooting, hitting the two children. The younger was first taken to Saint Bernard Hospital and Healthcare Center by family members before being transferred to Comer Children's Hospital. The older was taken to Comer Children's Hospital by paramedics.

Police lay markers next two shell casings in the middle of Hermitage and more markers next to a separate location of shell casings further north in the block, on the sidewalk. Officers taped off Hermitage from Garfield Boulevard to 56th Street as officers scanned the street for evidence. Family members gathered at Comer Children's Hospital, where both kids were taken.

Relatives said the kids were outside playing with fireworks when at least one person started shooting, though there was at least one other person with the shooter. They had emerged from a gangway looking suspicious, relatives said, and the shooting started not long after that. Though police said the boy was 7, relatives said he was 8.

The girl and the boy, who are cousins, were playing outside in a group of children when someone came out of a gang way and fired shots, according to family. Dozens of people were on the block, and people scattered.

The girl was the first one the family realized was shot. Her cousin, Darryl Smith, drove her to Comer Children's Hospital.

"I literally ran through every red light," he said as he stood outside Comer's early Tuesday morning.

A couple of minutes later, relatives realized that the 8-year-old was also shot. An ambulance took him to the hospital. Both children were shot in the leg. The boy was in surgery because his ankle broke as a result of his injury.

Two other adults were shot in the same incident but didn't show up to the hospital until some time after the shooting. A 30-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man were each shot in the left leg and walked into the University of Chicago Hospital seeking treatment.

Another boy, 11, was shot in the 2000 block of South Western Avenue about 11 p.m. He was taken to Saint Anthony's Hospital with an injury that he thought was caused by errant fireworks. Medical professionals looked at the wound and determined it was caused by gunfire, according to police.

The attacks raised the number of people shot in the city over the Fourth of July weekend to at least 60, according to data collected by the Tribune. Among those, four people were fatally shot over the weekend holiday.

Of the 60 shot over the weekend, 28 were wounded between about noon Sunday and 3 a.m. Monday morning.

A fifth person killed over the weekend was stabbed in a domestic-related incident, police said.

In other shootings:

Two people were shot in the 800 block of North Lavergne Avenue in the Austin neighborhood about 3:05 a.m. A man, between 18 and 25 years old, walked into West Suburban Medical Center seeking treatment for a gunshot wound. A woman he was with, 30, was also shot in the back. She was transferred from West Sub to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, police said. They were in a car at a stop sign when someone shot at their car, police said.

A few minutes earlier, a 28-year-old man was shot in the 1000 block of North Latrobe. He also walked into West Sub about the same time as the victims from Lavergne. He's in good condition. It's not clear how he came to be shot.

Three people were shot near the corner of Ohio Street and Christiana Avenue the East Garfield Park neighborhood about 3 a.m. A 24-year-old woman was grazed and taken to Stroger in good condition, police said. Two men, 34 and 36, were each left in serious condition with multiple gunshot wounds. The 34-year-old was taken to Stroger and the 36-year-old to Mount Sinai, police said. Someone inside a gold Chrysler fired at a crowd as they were standing outside, police said.

A 35-year-old man walked into Advocate Trinity Hospital seeking treatment for a gunshot wound about 2:45 a.m., police said. He wasn't sure where he was shot but police found his shot-up car near 92nd and Merrill  Avenue, police said. Investigators later determined he had been shot in the 1900 block of East 87th Street.

Someone shot a 22-year-old woman in the 6800 block of South Campbell Avenue about 2:30 a.m. She's in serious condition with head and shoulder wounds, police said. She was sitting in a parked car when a man walked up and opened fire, police said. She was taken to Christ Hospital.

A 19-year-old was shot in the leg in the East Garfield Park neighborhood about 2:15 a.m. He was near the corner of Pulaski Road and Wilcox Avenue when shot but was uncooperative, police said. His condition was stabilized at Stroger Hospital.

Three people were shot in the Humboldt Park neighborhood about 1:35 a.m. One man, 34, died at the scene. A 29-year-old woman was shot in the right leg, right knee and right shoulder and was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition. A 31-year-old woman was shot in the right hand and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, police said. The man was talking to two women, who were sitting in a car, when an argument started and two people fired toward the man, hitting him and the two women.

Someone shot a 26-year-old woman in the right leg in the 11500 block of South Racine Avenue in the West Pullman neighborhood. She also suffered a graze wound to her head. She was walking into a home on the block about 1:35 a.m. when she heard an argument and then gunfire. She was taken to Roseland Hospital and doctors there stabilized her condition.

A 20-year-old woman was grazed downtown during a shooting near Jackson Boulevard and Michigan Avenue, police said. The shooting happened about 1 a.m. The woman was treated by paramedics from Ambulance 41 at the scene. The shooting happened as she saw a group of young men running toward her.

Someone shot a man in the Brighton Park neighborhood about 12:40 a.m., police said. The incident happened in a gas station at Archer Avenue and 39th Place. The 23-year-old man shot was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in serious condition.

A 26-year-old man walking through an alley in the 6200 block of South Drexel Avenue about 12:20 a.m. was shot in the face by someone who fired at least 20 rounds toward him. He was confronted by three people, one of whom opened fire, and was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition after he was shot, police said. 

Someone shot a 15-year-old boy in the first block west of State Street on 79th Street about 12 a.m. Tuesday. He was walking out of a store when someone stepped out of a car and fired toward the boy, hitting him in the leg. He's in critical condition at Comer Children's Hospital.

Two teens were shot in the 10500 block of South Yates Boulevard about 11:35 p.m. They were in a car when someone in another car fired toward them, hitting them both. A 17-year-old girl was shot in the right shoulder and a 19-year-old man was grazed in the back, police said. Both were treated at Advocate Trinity Hospital.

A man in his 30s was killed Monday night in the 6900 block of South Clyde Avenue in the South Shore neighborhood. Police responded to a traffic crash and found him in the street, shot in the abdomen. The man was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, police said, but later pronounced dead. That happened about 9:20 p.m.

About the same time, two men were shot in the 5700 block of South May Street, police said. A 24-year-old man was shot in left hand, back and right leg and taken to Stroger Hospital and a 37-year-old man wounded in the same incident was taken to Saint Bernard Hospital in good condition. He had a leg wound. Someone on foot fired shots toward them, hitting them both.

A 24-year-old man was left in critical condition with a chest wound from a shooting in the 1800 block of West Erie Street about 9 p.m., police said. He was at a party when someone on a bike fired toward the man, hitting him in the chest.

About 8:30 p.m., someone shot a 29-year-old man in the leg in the 7200 block of South Artesian Avenue. He was outside in a crowd when someone walked up and shot him in the leg. He's in good condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center.

About 7:15 p.m. a 32-year-old man shot shot on the 1700 block of North Mozart Street in the Logan Square neighborhood, police said. The man was walking when he was shot in the left knee, police said. The man, who is a gang member, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where his condition stabilized, police said.

At 2:15 p.m., a person was shot on the 1500 block of West Garfield Boulevard in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, said Officer Thomas Sweeney, a police spokesman. A 17-year-old was in a vehicle that was stopped when another vehicle pulled up and shots were fired, hitting the teen in the shoulder, Sweeney said. The teen was taken to St. Bernard Hospital, where his condition had stabilized.

At 1:25 p.m., a 33-year-old man was shot on the 9800 block of South Ingleside Avenue in the Cottage Grove Heights neighborhood on the South Side, Sweeney said. The man was shot in the buttocks and leg and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where his condition was stabilized. The man was on the street when a van pulled up and people exited and began firing.

Around 12:15 p.m. in the Princeton Park neighborhood on the Southeast Side, a 27-year-old man was shot on the 200 block of West 95th Street, Sweeney said. The man was shot in the legs and was taken to Little Company of Mary Hospital in good condition, Sweeney said