Chicago weekend violence leaves boy, 16, dead; 13-year-old arrested for January carjacking, police say
Fourteen individuals have been shot and two individuals have been killed in Chicago over the weekend, with one murder sufferer as younger as 16, as native police proceed to nab youngsters for carjackings all through the Windy City, officers stated Monday.
The 14 capturing victims have been a results of a dozen shootings reported in Chicago from 6 p.m. Friday to 11:59 p.m. Sunday. The first homicide was reported shortly earlier than 1 a.m. Saturday, when a 30- to 40-year-old man was found mendacity face up subsequent to his automotive within the space of West 79 Street, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) stated.
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The man appeared to have been shot at the back of the pinnacle. He was rushed to an space hospital, however couldn’t be saved. Police stated he wasn’t capable of present them with any particulars as a result of he was so severely injured earlier than succumbing.
Then, at roughly 5:10 p.m. Sunday, a 16-year-old boy was shot within the chest on West 30 Street and later died, cops stated. Additional particulars weren’t instantly obtainable.
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Local affiliate FOX32 reported {that a} 14-year-old boy was shot in broad daylight Saturday in his hand and groin, however survived. Police later reportedly took a suspect into custody.
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Meanwhile, CPD officers on Sunday arrested two juveniles – ages 13 and 14 – in reference to a gunpoint carjacking from earlier this yr.
The teenagers, whose names weren’t supplied due to their ages, allegedly approached a 42-year-old man whereas he was pumping gasoline within the metropolis’s Wentworth neighborhood on Jan. 7. Police stated Monday they “displayed weapons and took the victim’s vehicle by force.”
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Each was charged with one felony depend of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a weapon, police stated.
Chicago Police Superintendent David O. Brown stated Monday the division’s recently-revamped Vehicular Hijacking Task Force had arrested 241 alleged carjackers for the reason that starting of 2021. Ninety-six of these offenders have been arrested in February alone.
