(Chicago) Two people were killed and at least 15 others were wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday afternoon, police said.
The weekend’s most recent fatal shooting happened early Saturday when a 25-year-old man was shot and killed during an altercation with another man in the Lake View neighborhood on the North Side.
The shooting happened about 2 a.m. in the 900 block of West Oakdale, police said.
The man was shot twice in the chest and pronounced dead at the scene, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.
An officer at the scene said the shooting might have stemmed from an armed robbery for a cell phone.
About two hours earlier, a man was shot to death in the Little Village neighborhood.
About midnight, 24-year-old Jose Velasquez was shot in the back in the 2100 block of South Fairfield, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Velasquez, of the 2800 block of West 21st Street, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:41 a.m., authorities said.
In the weekend’s most recent nonfatal shooting, a 27-year-old man was taken to a South Side hospital by his friends after he was shot Saturday morning.
About 5:10 a.m., the man was dropped off at Holy Cross Hospital, police said. He was shot several times and is listed in critical condition.
It was not immediately known where the man was shot and his friends drove away after dropping him off, police said.
About an hour earlier, a 14-year-old boy was shot in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the South Side.
The teen was outside about 4 a.m. in the 1300 block of West 87th Street when a silver-colored vehicle pull up and someone opened fire, police said. The boy suffered a graze wound to his abdomen.
He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in good condition, police said.
At least 13 others have been shot across Chicago since 4 p.m. Friday.
Also, a man was fatally stabbed in a Pilsen neighborhood bar early Saturday, police said.
About 12:40 a.m., the 43-year-old was stabbed in the neck while he was in a bar in the in the 900 block of West 18th Street, police said. He was dead at the scene.
A suspect was taken into custody after the stabbing, police said.
The medical examiner’s office could not confirm the death early Saturday.
