Overview

• Police reported eight shootings between 7 p.m. Thursday and 3 a.m. Friday across the city, resulting in one man’s death and nine others wounded.
• Five of the shootings occurred in Englewood, with additional incidents in the Near North Side, Near West Side and South Loop neighborhoods.
• Among the victims were those shot in drive-by attacks, during altercations and a man targeted while confronting car burglars in the third such incident this week.
• Detectives are reviewing surveillance footage and interviewing witnesses in efforts to link the shootings and identify suspects.
• The overnight violence unfolded as Chicago braces for a weekend of forecast high-90s temperatures, a condition long associated with spikes in gun violence.