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Six Dead, At Least 25 Injured in Memorial Day Weekend Shootings


Among those injured was a 4-year-old girl, identified by family as Jacele Johnson, who was shot in the head while sitting inside a car outside of a prom party Friday evening. The incident happened at about 8 p.m. near West 70th and South Justine streets in the West Englewood neighborhood.

Jacele was taken to University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital where she underwent surgery for the gunshot wound, her mother told NBC Chicago.

Two other children were also shot in the same incident: a 17-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl. Both teens suffered graze wounds to the neck and forehead, respectively, and were taken to area hospitals, police said.

In another fatal shooting incident early Sunday, a 29-year-old woman and two men, ages 25 and 39, were shot at a West Englewood house party by a group of people who were denied entry, police said. The incident happened at about 12:45 a.m. in the 6100 block of Honore. The woman was shot in the chest and leg and taken to Holy Cross Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

The younger man was shot in the arm and taken to Holy Cross Hospital in stable condition. The 39-year-old man was shot in the chest and transported to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital in serious condition.
In the first fatal shooting of the weekend, a 34-year-old man was killed while sitting on the front porch of a home in the Wicker Park neighborhood. The incident happened at about 1:45 a.m. Saturday in the 1700 block of West Pierce, police said. The man was struck in the chest and shoulder and taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The second fatal shooting of the weekend happened shortly later.
A 20-year-old man was found unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds at about 2:10 a.m. Saturday in the 1000 block of West 14th Place on the Near West Side, police said. The man was taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Another man in his 20s was found dead with a gunshot wound to his head Saturday afternoon. The man, 24, was found at about 12:45 p.m. in the 0-100 block of North Laramie in the Austin neighborhood, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
About 11 hours later, a man between 20 and 30 years old was found dead with a gunshot wound to his face in an alley in the 4700 block of North Albany in the Albany Park neighborhood, according to police.

Early Sunday morning at about 12:25 a.m., a 32-year-old man and another man, whose age was not known, were standing outside in the South Shore neighborhood when someone fired shots at them. The incident happened in the 7900 block of South East End Avenue. The 32-year-old was shot in the neck and transported to Jackson Park Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The other man was shot in the buttocks. He took himself to the same hospital, where he was in stable condition, police said.

At least 18 others were injured in shootings across Chicago since Friday evening:
A 37-year-old man was shot in the upper leg at about 7:15 p.m. Friday in the 2900 block of West 66th Street in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.

A 25-year-old man was shot in the left ankle at about 11 p.m. Friday in the 600 block of North Menard in the Austin neighborhood.
Two men, ages 19 and 44, were shot in the arm and thigh, respectively, at about 11:30 p.m. Friday in the 9200 block of South Normal in the Washington Heights neighborhood.
A 15-year-old boy was shot in the arm while riding in a car in the 1500 block of South Lake Shore Drive at about 12:15 a.m. Saturday on the Near South Side.
Two men, ages 20 and 21, were shot at about 12:15 a.m. Saturday in the 900 block of North Monticello in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. The younger man was shot in the neck and arm, and the other was shot in the back and chest.

Two people, an 18-year-old man and a 45-year-old woman, were shot at about 12:15 a.m. Saturday in the 1100 block of West 104th Place in the Washington Heights neighborhood. The man was struck in the foot and finger, and the woman was hit in the ankle.

A 20-year-old man was shot in the leg during a robbery at about 1:15 a.m. Saturday in the 0-100 block of East Garfield in the Washington Park neighborhood. The man's coat and cell phone were taken, police said.
A 31-year-old man, who was the passenger in a vehicle stopped at a stop sign, was shot in the shoulder at about 1:20 a.m. Saturday in the 3200 block of West Walnut in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.

A 26-year-old man was shot in the back at about 3 a.m. Saturday in the 11200 block of South Stewart in the Roseland neighborhood.

A 25-year-old man was shot in both legs at about 5:30 p.m. Saturday in the 1800 block of East 68th Street in the South Shore neighborhood.

A 30-year-old man was shot in the head at about 11:25 p.m. Saturday in the 7300 block of South Damen in the West Englewood neighborhood.

A 20-year-old man was shot in the leg at about 12:10 a.m. Sunday in the 1300 block of South Lawndale in the neighborhood of the same name.

A 32-year-old man was shot in the stomach at about 12:20 a.m. Sunday in the 3800 block of West Hirsch in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.

A 33-year-old man was shot in the ankle at about 12:35 a.m. in the 200 block of West 101st Street in the Roseland neighborhood.

A 35-year-old man was shot in the stomach in a drive-by shooting at about 3:20 p.m. Sunday in the 3200 block of West Maypole in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.

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