It was THREE for THREE within THREE Hours on the Fourth! 3 dead, 3 others including 7-year-old wounded in city shootings - Chicago expects many more before the holiday is over

 

Three people were killed and at least three others -- including a 7-year-old boy -- were wounded in shootings today in the city.

The boy was shot in the neck about 7:25 p.m. in the 300 block of East 85th Street, which is the location of Cole Park on the South Side, police said.

He was taken in critical condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center, according to fire officials.
The boy was shot in the neck behind the ear, apparently hit by a stray bullet from at least one gunman who was shooting at a car, said a law enforcement source, citing preliminary information.

The boy was in critical but had been talking on the way to the hospital, the source said.

Cole Park, at 85th Street and King Drive, is across the street from where Chicago Police Officer Thomas Wortham IV was shot and killed in 2010 in front of his parents' home.

Another shooting happened about 3:42 p.m. on the 500 block of North Lawndale Avenue in the city's East Garfield Park neighborhood, said Police News Affairs Officer Dan O'Brien.

Two male victims were wounded, one in the shoulder and the other in his thigh, O'Brien said. They both were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where their conditions had been stabilized.
There was no information available about the victims' ages, O'Brien said.

Earlier this afternoon a 21-year-old man was fatally wounded in the city's Lawndale neighborhood, said O'Brien.

The man was shot multiple times on the 600 block of South Francisco Avenue. He was taken in critical condition to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to O'Brien and the Cook County medical examiner's office.

A 36-year-old man was also fatally wounded this afternoon in a shooting in the city's Park Manor neighborhood.
That shooting happened about 12:19 p.m. on the 7300 block of South Wabash Avenue, said Police News Affairs Officer Michael Sullivan.

Police said the man was dead at the scene, and the Cook County medical examiner's office had been notified of the death.
Earlier, a teenager was killed in a police-involved shooting in the city's Washington Park neighborhood.

That shooting happened shortly after 1 p.m. on the 5600 block of South State Street. The teen was taken in serious-to-critical condition to Stroger Hospital, where he later died.