One woman was killed and at least 11 others were wounded by gunfire in separate shootings across the city Monday afternoon and evening.
April McDaniel, 18, died in the same Englewood block where she lived, after she and four others were struck by bullets during a drive-by shooting about 4:55 p.m., authorities said.
McDaniel was shot in the throat and pronounced dead at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital at 6:38 p.m., authorities said.
The attack in the 5700 block of South Sangamon Avenue also wounded a 15-year-old boy in the right leg, an 18-year-old man in the abdomen, a 20-year-old man in the left hand and right knee, and a 21-year-old man in the left leg, police said.
Paramedics initially took two people in critical condition to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, with another two going in serious condition to Mount Sinai Hospital, according to Fire Media Affairs.
Fire Department officials said the 21-year-old man made it to Saint Bernard Hospital for treatment on his own.
Later, a separate drive-by attack in the Southwest Side Gage Park neighborhood left a 19-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the side. He walking in the 5200 block of South Fairfield Avenue about 8:25 p.m. when someone inside a passing red vehicle shot him and then fled, police said. He was in “stable” condition at Mount Sinai Hospital.
About 20 minutes earlier, a person was hit with a BB gun in the 3100 block of West Lake Street, Fire Media Affairs said. Paramedics took the person to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital, in unknown condition.
About 5:30 p.m., a bullet grazed a man in the head in the 1400 block of East 66th Place, in the South Side Woodlawn neighborhood. He was treated in good condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, police said.
Earlier, a man and woman were wounded in an Uptown neighborhood shooting.
The woman, 20, was shot in the knee and shoulder; the man, 20, was shot in the knee about 3:25 p.m. in the 4800 block of North Sheridan Road, authorities said. Both were taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in “stable” condition.
About 2:55 p.m., a 16-year-old boy walking in the 8900 block of South Buffalo Avenue was shot in the left hand during a possible drive-by attack, police said. The boy was taken in good condition to Advocate Trinity Hospital.
About 2:50 p.m., paramedics took a male gunshot victim from the 7000 block of South Bishop Street to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, according to Fire Media Affairs.