Overview

• On July 8 just after 8:35 a.m., a 16-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man were critically wounded in Hegewisch; the juvenile was shot in the body and the adult was shot in the head and torso.
• Later that day in Humboldt Park, two men aged 28 and 35 sustained gunshot wounds; both were treated at local hospitals.
• Police recovered a firearm at the South Side scene but have yet to make any arrests.
• The incidents continue a pattern of near-daily, multi-victim shootings that have swept across Chicago neighborhoods this summer.
• Authorities are appealing for information; they have directed the public to submit anonymous tips at cpdtip.com.