1 dead, at least 9 injured in overnight violence
July 4, 2010 6:20 AM | No Comments | UPDATED STORY
A man is dead and at least nine people were injured in separate violent city-wide incidents late Saturday and early this morning, officials said.
About 1 a.m. in the Stony Island Park neighborhood, a 22-year-old man was discovered shot in a backyard in the 8400 block of South Cregier Avenue, Chicago Police Officer Amima Greer, a police spokeswoman. said. He was taken in critical condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Greer said, but the man later succumbed to his injuries.
The man, identified as Paul Garrette, of the 8600 block of South Dante Avenue, was pronounced dead at the hospital at 1:59 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
In other incidents, a male victim was critically injured when he was stabbed in the abdomen about 11 p.m. Saturday in the 1200 block of South Harding Avenue in the West Side's Lawndale neighborhood, Greer said. It was not immediately known to which hospital he was taken.
At 11:50 p.m. in the South Austin neighborhood, an 18-year-old man was standing on the sidewalk with friends in the 5500 block of West Congress Parkway when a gunman approached and began firing shots, police said. The teen suffered a gunshot wound to the leg and was taken in serious condition to Loyola University Hospital in Maywood.
About 12:15 a.m. this morning in the Ashburn neighborhood on the Southwest Side, a 21-year-old man riding a scooter in the 8300 block of South St Louis Avenue was approached by a gunman and shot multiple times, police said. The victim was in critical condition at Advocate Christ.
At 1:45 a.m. in the South Side's South Chicago neighborhood, a 16-year-old boy suffered a graze wound above his eye in the 8300 block of South Colfax Avenue, police said. He was listed in "stable" condition at Advocate Christ. He was on the porch when an unidentified suspect approached on foot and fired shots at him.
At 1:50 a.m. a man was stabbed in the 7000 block of South Parnell Avenue in the Englewood neighborhood, police said.
In the South Shore neighborhood, a 39-year-old man was shot in the side of his body in the 7700 block of South Cornell Avenue about 2:40 a.m., police said. The man was taken in "stable" condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, police said.
About 3 a.m. in the West Englewood neighborhood, a 35-year-old woman was shot at a party in the 5800 block of South Damen Avenue. She suffered a gunshot wound to her arm and was listed in "stable" condition at Advocate Christ, police said.
About 10 minutes later in Englewood, a 19-year-old man was shot in the leg in the 5800 block of South Lowe Avenue and taken in good condition to Stroger Hospital.
A little after 4 a.m., a man was stabbed in the West Town neighborhood in the area of North Ashland Avenue and West Ontario Street. His condition was listed as "stable," police said.
As of early this morning, no one was in custody for any of the crimes.