4 Fatally Shot, 6 Others, Including 3-Year-Old Boy, Wounded in US Shootings

A teenage boy was fatally shot by someone brandishing an assault rifle Sunday afternoon in the Back of the Yards neighborhood in New City, Chicago, according to police.

Three men were also shot to death and at least six others, including a 3-year-old boy, have been wounded in separate shootings since Sunday evening on the city's South Side.

The 17-year-old boy was walking east on the 1700 block of West 46th Street around 1:30 p.m. when a light-colored, four-door Saturn pulled up and fired shots with a "high-powered semi-automatic weapon," striking the victim as he attempted to run, said Eugene Roy, chief of detectives for the Chicago police.

"There's literally dozens of shell casings on the street you can see marked by the orange cones," Roy said about the evidence markers. "This is indicative of the level of violence we see on a daily basis."

“Here’s yet another example of a weapon of war used to torment another US city,’’ said Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. “Terrible.’’

Police are investigating whether the gun, which is “possibly an AK-47,’’ has been used in any other shootings, Guglielmi said, the Chicago Tribune reported. 

“It’s certainly unusual,’’ Guglielmi said of the assault weapon. “This is not the typical weapon used in a lot of shootings.''

At about 6:15 p.m., a 3-year-old boy was shot in the right shoulder near the corner of East 61st Street and South Kimbark Avenue in the Woodlawn neighborhood, police said.

The boy was in a car seat when an unknown offender fired shots at the car, police said. People in the vehicle managed to get the boy to University of Chicago Hospital, who was then transferred to Comer Children's Hospital in critical condition.

In the most recent fatal shooting, about 1:30 a.m. Monday, a 22-year-old man died after getting shot in the Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side, said Officer Veejay Zala, a Chicago police spokesman.

The man was in the 7300 block of South University Avenue when he was shot in the head and in the back, Zala said. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, Zala said.

About 10:40 p.m. Sunday, a 21-year-old man was shot to death in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side, Zala said.

The man was in the first block of East 35th Street when he was shot in the lower back. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition and was later pronounced dead, Zala said.

About 6:50 p.m., a 21-year-old man died after he showed up with gunshot wounds at St. Bernard Hospital, Zala said.

The man managed to get to the hospital with a gunshot wound to his abdomen. He was later pronounced dead. It was not immediately known where the man was shot, Zala said.
About 2 a.m. Monday, a 23-year-old man was wounded in a shooting in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side, Zala said.

The man was exiting the passenger side of a vehicle in the 1200 block of West 48th Street when someone in a white Jeep Liberty pulled up, got out and fired shots, Zala said.

The man was hit in the right hand and right arm. He was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition, Zala said.