. Two women killed, eight others injured in gun violence over Fourth of July weekend in Chicago. Two women killed, eight others injured in gun violence over Fourth of July weekend in Chicago Chicago police reported that two women were killed and at least eight other people, including three young boys, were injured in gun violence over the Fourth of July weekend. The women were killed in a shooting in Greater Grand Crossing that left the boys — ages 5, 7, and 8 — seriously wounded around 6:15 a.m. Thursday in the 7100 block of South Woodlawn. According to the police, multiple gunmen opened fire from outside, striking the boys inside a home. The boys were in critical condition at Comer Children’s Hospital. Later that night at 11 p.m., a 22-year-old man riding his motorcycle in the 600 block of East 71st Street was shot multiple times by an occupant of a gray SUV. He was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center in fair condition. At approximately 11:30 p.m., a 26-year-old man was shot in the neck and head while sitting in his car in the 6500 block of South Western Avenue by someone in another vehicle. He was taken to Christ Medical Center in critical condition. Just after midnight, a 36-year-old woman was shot in the head in the 3000 block of South Avers Avenue and transported to Mount Sinai Hospital in fair condition. Around 1 a.m. Thursday, a 34-year-old man was shot in the neck in the 6200 block of South Laflin Street and taken to the University of Chicago in critical condition. Lastly, around 3 a.m., officers discovered a 27-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the head in the 1300 block of South Harding Avenue. The man claimed to have been attacked by an unknown person and was admitted to Mount Sinai in serious condition. No arrests have been made in connection with any of the shootings.
Two women were killed and at least eight other people — including three young boys — were injured in gun violence early in the Fourth of July weekend, Chicago police said.
The women were killed in a shooting in Greater Grand Crossing that left the boys — ages 5, 7 and 8 — seriously wounded around 6:15 a.m. Thursday in the 7100 block of South Woodlawn. Police said they were shot inside a home when multiple gunmen opened fire from outside. The boys were in critical condition at Comer Children’s Hospital.
Thursday night at 11 p.m., a 22-year-old man was riding his motorcycle in the 600 block of East 71st Street when he was shot multiple times by someone in a gray SUV, police said. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in fair condition.
A 26-year-old man was sitting in a car around 11:30 p.m. when he was shot in the neck and head by someone in another car in the 6500 block of South Western Avenue, police said. He was taken to Christ Medical Center in critical condition.
Just after midnight, a 36-year-old woman was shot in the head in the 3000 block of South Avers Avenue, police said. She was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in fair condition.
A 34-year-old man was shot in the neck around 1 a.m. Thursday in the 6200 block of South Laflin Street. He was taken to the University of Chicago in critical condition, police said.
And around 3 a.m., officers found a 27-year-old with a gunshot wound to the head in the 1300 block of South Harding Avenue, police said. The man said he had been attacked by an unknown person. He was in serious condition at Mount Sinai.
No one has been arrested for any of the attacks.
