Pubdate: Sun, 16 Jul 2017
Source: Chicago Tribune (IL)
Copyright: 2017 Chicago Tribune Company
Contact:  http://www.chicagotribune.com/
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Authors: Elvia Malagon, [et al.]

30 PEOPLE SHOT, 3 FATALLY, IN 18 HOURS IN CHICAGO

Thirty people were shot, three fatally, during a violent 18-hour
period from Saturday to Sunday in Chicago, which included a
police-involved shooting and an attack outside Mount Sinai Hospital.

In the Lawndale neighborhood, a woman's voice echoed as she voiced her
frustration at the scene of a double shooting that left a 31-year-old
man dead and another man wounded.

"They know it's a drug house," she yelled out at the police and crowd
that had gathered. "They don't give a (expletive). I do. I'm tired of
this (expletive)."

Minutes after 1 a.m. Sunday, two men were shot while standing outside
in the 3900 block of West Arthington Street when the shooter
approached and opened fire.

A 31-year-old man was shot in the neck. He was taken to Stroger
Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

A 32-year-old man was shot in the right leg, and he also was taken to
Stroger Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.

As police worked to secure the area, people within a large crowd
started to fight.

"We need some help," another woman yelled at police.

Officers within the crime scene tape didn't move.

"They fighting over here," the woman said. "Please help."

Officers eventually dispersed the crowd, shouting, "Time to go." Crime
scene tape was removed from Pulaski Road to help people leave the area.

Meanwhile, an officer guarded a shoe, stained with what appeared to be
blood, that had been left in the intersection.

The woman who yelled about the drug house, who did not want to give
her full name, doesn't live in the neighborhood; she found out about
the shooting after visiting family.

It seemed to her like the latest instance of chaos that has overtaken
the neighborhood.

"People don't care," she said. "People don't give a damn what they do.
When you care what you do, you think about others. If you don't care
what you do, others don't make a difference. That's when the fun stops."

In the South Shore neighborhood, a 23-year-old man was shot dead just
before 3:20 a.m. Sunday, police said.

He was in a parked car when two men approached and opened fire,
striking him in the chest and left arm. He was taken in serious
condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he later was
pronounced dead.

A 58-year-old husband, father and community activist was shot dead
Saturday afternoon -- less than a block from the anti-violence
organization where he worked on the South Side, his family and police
said.

Willie Cooper was walking in the 100 block of West 95th Street when a
dark-colored vehicle approached and someone inside fired, hitting
Cooper in the mouth and torso about 4:15 p.m. Saturday, police and
family members said.

He was pronounced dead at 4:28 p.m., there in the Princeton Park
neighborhood, according to police.

Cooper's body lay outside a liquor store, less than a block away from
where he worked, at Lilydale Outreach, according to his wife, Sherry
Clark. Clark, 44, stood nearby with other family members.

"He did a lot for the community," she said.

About 20 shell casings were scattered near her husband's body.

Relatives had no idea what happened to Cooper and arrived crying,
stumbling through the yellow police tape only to be embraced by other
family members who led them to join the group gathered in front of his
office.

Clark began crying and beating on the siding of a small building at
one point, and then began helping her family, calming them.

The couple have three children together, Clark said.

Police originally said the attack happened in the 1100 block of West
95th Street.

A man was shot Sunday as he walked toward Mount Sinai Hospital,
restricting the city's access to a quarter of its trauma resources for
about three of the weekend's most violent hours, according to police
and hospital personnel.

The 31-year-old man was shot in the groin area about 3:35 a.m. as he
was walking in the 2700 block of West 15th Street in the Douglas Park
neighborhood. It wasn't immediately clear how close he was to the
building when he was struck down by gunfire, said Dianne Hunter, a
spokeswoman for the hospital.

A police spokeswoman said she believes the man was taken inside the
hospital and treated. He was listed in serious condition, she said.

Hunter said the hospital immediately went on lockdown and the shooting
prompted the hospital to go on bypass, meaning dispatchers informed
all ambulance companies that drivers were not to take patients to
Mount Sinai, which is one of four adult-only level 1 trauma facilities
inside city limits, according to information from the Illinois
Department of Public Health. Both the lockdown and bypass designations
were lifted at 6:28 a.m., she said.

"Bypass does not restrict access once you're inside. It has to do with
ambulance entry," Hunter said.

She did not know what, if anything, was done to notify people who
showed up at the hospital on their own that the emergency room was
restricted.

"We're always very patient-conscious, and I'm sure that we took steps
to ensure that no one was inconvenienced," she said, adding that if
anyone had been turned away they would have been in stable enough
condition to make it to another hospital. "The level 1 traumas
wouldn't come to us, though, because they usually don't bring
themselves in. Those are the most seriously injured people, and the
most seriously injured people don't typically take themselves to the
hospital."

Hunter said the term "lockdown" means employee entry is restricted to
doors with keycard access, which would have affected some workers
coming in for shift changes during the three-hour period. There is
only one door near the emergency room that would have been closed to
employees, though, so the impact was minimal.

"The big thing that was different was being on bypass, which we try
not to do because we're a level 1 center and we know the city depends
on us," she said.

Patient visitors must always use the front entrance, which is guarded
by security officers overnight anyway, Hunter said.

"The front entrance was not on lockdown, we can't do that to family
members," Hunter said. "There was no change at all to the ability to
access the hospital except for a careful situation at the emergency
room entrance."

A teen, believed to be 18 years old, was shot by police about 3:10
a.m. Sunday during a traffic stop in an alley in the 2800 block of
North Mulligan Avenue in the Belmont Central neighborhood, police said.

Two officers shot the teen after seeing him with a gun inside the car,
according to police. The officers exchanged words with the man, but he
allegedly did not put down the gun.

He was shot in the arm and leg. His condition was stabilized at an
area hospital.

In other shootings:

* About 5:15 a.m., a 38-year-old man was shot in the abdomen when a
fight broke out in the 5900 block of South Carpenter Street in the
Englewood neighborhood, police said. He was taken to St. Bernard
Hospital, and he was later transferred to Stroger Hospital, where his
condition was stabilized.

* Someone shot a 27-year-old man in the abdomen while he was standing
in the 1200 block of South Independence Boulevard in the Lawndale
neighborhood, police said. The shooting happened about 3:20 a.m. He
was taken in serious condition to Mount Sinai Hospital.

* A woman was shot about 2:50 a.m. while she was standing in the 6800
block of South Perry Avenue in the Englewood neighborhood, police
said. She was shot in the right buttock, and her condition was
stabilized at Stroger Hospital.

* A 23-year-old man was shot just before 2 a.m. in the 4900 block of
West Ohio Street in the South Austin neighborhood, police said. He was
standing outside when someone shot him in the left arm and chest. He
was taken to West Suburban Medical Center, and he was later
transferred to Stroger Hospital in serious condition.

* About 1 a.m., an 18-year-old man was shot in the right leg while he
was standing in the 8500 block of South Oglesby Avenue in the South
Chicago neighborhood on the Far South Side, police said. The shooter
was in an alley when he shot at the man. He took himself to South
Shore Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.

* A 15-year-old boy was critically injured just before 12:20 a.m.
Sunday while he was a passenger in a car that was going north in the
1000 block of North Sacramento Boulevard in the Humboldt Park
neighborhood on the West Side. The shooter was inside a black sedan
that shot at the car the boy was in, police said. He took himself to
Norwegian American Hospital, and he was transferred to Stroger
Hospital in critical condition.

* Two people were shot about 12:05 a.m. Sunday while they were driving
in the 3900 block of West 66th Street in the West Lawn neighborhood,
police said. The shooter fired from a sidewalk, striking a 21-year-old
man in the left leg, and a 22-year-old man was grazed on the right
shoulder. The younger man's condition was stabilized at Advocate
Christ Medical Center. The 22-year-old's condition was stabilized at
Mount Sinai Hospital.

* In Englewood about 11:15 p.m., a 21-year-old man was shot in the
right arm while he was standing in the 5500 block of South Throop
Street, police said. The shooter opened fire from a nearby gangway,
police said. The victim's condition was stabilized at St. Bernard Hospital.

* About 11:10 p.m., a 19-year-old man was shot in the left leg while
he was standing in the 5000 block of West Monroe Street in the South
Austin neighborhood, police said. The shooter was inside a red sedan,
police said. The victim was taken to Stroger Hospital, where his
condition was stabilized.

* About 9:40 p.m., someone inside a gray SUV shot at a 21-year-old man
who was standing in the 6000 block of South Eberhart Avenue in the
West Woodlawn neighborhood, police said. The 21-year-old man was
wounded in the left forearm, and his condition was stabilized at the
University of Chicago Medicine.

* Four men were shot in the 12200 block of South Throop Street about
7:55 p.m. in the West Pullman neighborhood. A 37-year-old man was
wounded in the buttocks and taken to Stroger Hospital; a 27-year-old
man was shot in the right leg and taken to Northwestern Memorial
Hospital; a 37-year-old was shot in the left leg and taken to Advocate
Christ Medical Center; and a 39-year-old man was shot in the upper arm
and taken to Metro South Hospital, police said. A police spokeswoman
said the four men were sitting outside in someone's backyard when an
unknown vehicle pulled up and an unknown offender in that vehicle
opened fire from the vehicle.

* About 7:10 p.m. a 35-year-old man was seriously wounded when someone
in a car fired shots at him in the 300 block of North Central Avenue
in the Austin neighborhood, police said. The 35-year-old was shot in
the forehead and was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition,
police said. A check on his condition on Saturday revealed that
caretakers notified police there had been no change to his condition
overnight.

* Around 7:05 p.m. in the 600 block of East 131st Street on the Far
South Side, a 30-year-old man was shot in the right leg, police said.
He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where he was in good
condition.

* About 4:20 p.m. a 27-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman were shot
in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. They were in the 3600 block of West
Augusta Boulevard when someone opened fire, hitting them, according to
police. Both were taken to Stroger Hospital where the man, who was
shot in the back, was in serious condition and the woman, who was shot
in the knee, was in good condition, police said.

* Another double shooting happened earlier, also in the Humboldt Park
neighborhood. About 1:45 p.m., a 26-year-old woman was shot in the
mouth and a 25-year-old man was shot in the thigh, according to
Chicago police.

* The victims were in a vehicle in the 1200 block of North Mozart
Street when a dark-colored SUV pulled up and an assailant inside it
fired shots, police said. The woman got herself to Norwegian-American
Hospital but was transferred to Stroger Hospital where she was listed
in serious condition, police said. Hospital information was not known
yet for the man.

* A 56-year-old man was shot during an attempted robbery around 12:45
p.m. in the 7300 block of South Halsted Street in Englewood on the
South Side, police said. He suffered a gunshot wound to the right leg
and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where he
was listed in serious condition, police said.

* Saturday morning, two men were shot on the West Side. It happened
about 11:35 a.m. in the 3000 block of West Lexington Street, police
said. A red vehicle pulled up to the men, 21 and 25, and someone
inside fired shots, hitting the younger man in the groin and grazing
the 25-year-old in his wrist, police said. The victims were taken to
Mount Sinai Hospital where they were in good condition.

No arrests have been made.
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