At least 7 people were killed last week.
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NEED ID: A 17-year-old boy was shot to death Thursday morning in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side. Officers responding to reports of shots fired at 7:24 a.m. found the boy with gunshot wounds to the arm and neck in the 3800 block of West Flournoy, according to police. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he later died.
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A northwest suburban man was shot to death Wednesday night in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side. Erik Louis Charles Jr., 25, of Mount Prospect, was standing on a porch about 9:45 p.m. in the 6300 block of South Carpenter when shots were fired, according to police. He suffered a gunshot wound to his head and was pronounced dead at the scene.
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NEED ID: A man was shot to death early Wednesday during a fight in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side. The 21-year-old confronted another male at 5:17 a.m. in the 5200 block of West Gladys and, during the fight, the suspect pulled out a firearm and shot the man in the head, according to police. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. No one was in custody early Wednesday.
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A 14-year-old boy was fatally shot Tuesday afternoon in the South Chicago neighborhood. At 5:02 p.m., he was standing on the sidewalk in the 8000 block of South Manistee when another person walked up, pulled out a weapon and fired shots, according to police. The boy, identified as Melvin James, suffered gunshot wounds to the abdomen and left leg, and was taken Comer Children’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2 a.m. Wednesday, police and the medical examiner's office said. He lived in the same neighborhood where the shooting occurred.
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A man was shot and killed Monday night in the LeClaire Courts neighborhood on the Southwest Side. Gregory McDaniels Jr., 38, was on the sidewalk at 10:55 p.m. in the 4400 block of South Lawler when two people walked up to him and opened fire, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. McDaniels was shot in the chest, head and leg; and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:29 p.m., authorities said. He lived in the Vittum Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
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A 15-year-old boy was shot to death Monday evening during an argument in the Southwest Side Lawndale neighborhood. Antwon Green was on the sidewalk at 7:49 p.m. in front of a home in the 1500 block of South Drake when he started arguing with a group of people, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. During the argument, someone pulled out a gun and shot him in the back. Green was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead about 30 minutes later, authorities said.
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A man and a woman died Monday evening in an apparent murder-suicide in the West Side Austin neighborhood. They were both shot at 6:36 p.m. in the 4900 block of West Washington, according to police. The woman, identified as 26-year-old Ashley Shanta-Nicole Harrison of the Lawndale neighborhood, had been shot multiple times, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. The man, identified as 34-year-old Brian A. Jones, had an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, authorities said. He lived in the same block where the shooting occurred. They were both taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where they were pronounced dead within the hour. The shooting was believed to be a “domestic incident.”