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Chicago Police Investigate Weekend Drive-by, Fatal Shooting and Child-Involved Crash

Chicago police have opened investigations into multiple violent incidents over the weekend including a drive-by shooting near the Puerto Rican Festival, a teenager’s killing in Grand Crossing, a multi-vehicle crash that hospitalized three children

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Overview

  • Three men were wounded just after 10 p.m. Saturday in a drive-by shooting on North California Avenue near the Puerto Rican Festival gates, and all remain hospitalized in fair condition with no arrests made
  • A 17-year-old boy was fatally shot around 4 a.m. Sunday on a Grand Crossing sidewalk when an unknown car pulled up and someone inside fired multiple rounds
  • At 10:40 p.m. Saturday an SUV struck a sedan and two parked cars on North Western Avenue in Humboldt Park, critically injuring a 9-year-old girl and bruising two others; the 34-year-old SUV driver was arrested and issued nine citations
  • Chicago police reported at least five other shootings overnight across the city, including wounds in Roseland, Portage Park, Hermosa and Woodlawn
  • Area detectives are probing the drive-by and fatal shooting while the Major Accidents Unit investigates the crash, with charges pending in the collision case