Chicagoland- At least 21 wounded in separate shootings, 1 dead

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May 30, 2010 7:14 AM | 6 Comments | UPDATED STORY
At least 21 people were wounded in separate shootings around the city, including a man who died this morning after he was shot in the head, Chicago police said.

One of the shootings happened about 3 p.m. in the 6200 block of South Cottage Grove in the Woodlawn neighborhood. A 56-year-old man was standing on the corner when a passing car fired in his direction, said Police News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak. He fell to the ground in pain and discovered he was shot in his calf, Kubiak said. He was taken to an area hospital and listed in good condition.

About 8:10 p.m. in the 2900 block of North Milwaukee Avenue in the Logan Square neighborhood, a 47-year-old man was shot in his arm. Police said the shooting might have been a drive-by. The victim was taken to Norwegian-American Hospital and is now listed in good condition.

In another shooting, which happened roughly 20 minutes earlier in the Ashburn neighborhood, a man, 19, was wounded in the leg in the 3900 block of West 79th Street outside Bogan Computer Technical High School. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and is now listed in critical condition.

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No one is in custody for any of the shootings. Calumet Area, Harrison Area and Wentworth Area detectives are investigating.

[east texas lib]

1. And the band played on...

Business as usual.

[KharmaTrain]

2. Hot Town...Summer In The City...

Seemed like most the local news the other night (besides the obsessive Blackhawks reports) was about one shooting or another, and it was spread out across the city. Sadly these type of incidents rise when the temperatures do...it's been a warm weekend and lots of people out and about...and intoxicated.

Tough economic times don't help as gang violence is on the rise as well as a rise in domestic violence.

[Scuba]

3. Bet Fox says it's B. Hussein Obama's fault.

[marmar]

4. delete, intended as OP

delete

[SpiralHawk]

5. Omaha is have an epidemic of shootings, too

for the record

[cowman]

6. But but but

how can this be? Guns are illegal in Chicago, Dictator Daley says so.

[Scuba]

7. +1

No liver pate' either

[Dr Morbius]

9. That particular law was overturned.

Turns out it PO'd the rich. Can't let that stand, now can we?

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

8. and how many were NOT gang related?

[Bitwit1234]

10. This type of thing has happened in practically every big city

in the US. Remember when DC was the murder capital? New York? and New Orleans. I believe it is the drug wars. If we could stop the in-flow of drugs (probably will never happen) we might stop the killings.