Chicago Weekend Bloodbath Left 39 Injured And 10 Killed, 2 Teenage Boys Charged In Shooting Death Of 6-Year-Old
Senseless violence:
At least 10 people were killed and 39 others wounded during a bloody Saturday and Sunday throughout the city, police said. Saturday’s fatal shootings started about 3:40 p.m., when a 6-year-old girl — identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office as Aliyah Shell — was shot dead outside her house in the 3100 block of South Springfield Avenue, police said. A pickup truck approached and somebody inside began shooting, striking the girl in the abdomen, police said. The little girl’s sister was inside the house when she heard a popping sound outside.
“They started shooting but I thought it was fireworks. I heard like five or six gunshots. I thought they were fireworks,” said Desiree Valzquez, Aliya’s sister. “I ran outside, and my mom was holding my sister. My sister wasn’t talking anymore. She wasn’t breathing.” Sunday afternoon, police charged two teens with Aliyah’s murder — 18-year-old Juan Barraza, and a 16-year-old boy. Both teens are charged with murder and aggravated discharge of a firearm. Police said they recovered a gun at the scene.
Saturday evening, somebody inside a vehicle fatally shot a 24-year-old man standing in the 5900 block of South Fairfield Avenue about 7:04 p.m., police News Affairs Officer Veejay Zala said. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was initially taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Adrian Cruz, 24, of the 5900 block of South Fairfield Avenue, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County at 8:17 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office. At 7:50 p.m., police found a 21-year-old man dead with a gunshot wound to the head in the 800 block of East 79th Street, Zala said. The victim was identified as Vincent Fitts, 22, of the 4100 block of West Cermak Road, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.
The last fatal shooting Saturday happened at 10:30 p.m., when man is his 20s was shot in the back while inside a vehicle in the 6300 block of South Ellis Avenue, police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said. He may have driven himself to nearby University of Chicago Medical Center where he was dead upon arrival. Jeremy Anthony, 24, of the 6400 block of South Ellis Avenue, was pronounced dead at University of Chicago Medical Center at 10:50 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.
After a few hours without reports of any fatal shootings, more murders ensued early Sunday. About 1:20 a.m., a 36-year-old man was fatally shot in the 7500 block of South Wolcott Avenue, police said. The man was in the backyard at a party when shots were fired into the yard from a passing vehicle. He was pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. Bert Lindsey, 36, of the 7500 block of South Wolcott Avenue, was pronounced dead at Christ at 2:16 a.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.
Wow. So sad…
Jesus Take The Wheel: Chicago Weekend Bloodbath Left 39 Injured And 10 Killed, 2 Teenage Boys Charged In Shooting Death Of 6-Year-Old
Bossip Staff
Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:24:53 GMT
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