14-year-old boy among 5 killed in weekend shootings in Chicago, 34 other people wounded, including 6 teensSun-Times Wireon November 22, 2021 at 2:20 pm

Five people were killed and 34 others wounded this weekend. | Sun-Times file

The 14-year-old was shot Sunday evening in the 200 block of West 110th Place, according to Chicago police and fire officials.

A 14-year-old boy was among five people killed in weekend shootings in Chicago, with 34 other people wounded, including six teens.

The 14-year-old boy was shot late Sunday afternoon in Roseland on the Far South Side, police said. The attack happened just after 5 p.m. in the 200 block of West 110th Place, according to Chicago police and fire officials. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Two men were shot, one fatally, Friday night in West Englewood on the South Side. A 45-year-old man was found with wounds to the head and chest in a car in the 7100 block of South Seeley Avenue about 9:30 p.m., police said. He was pronounced dead at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. His name hasn’t been released. The car was parked outside a home where another man, 35, was found with a gunshot wound to the hip, police said. He was taken in good condition to the hospital, police said.
A 22-year-old man was fatally shot Saturday in Homan Square on the Northwest Side. He was standing on the corner in the 3800 block of West Roosevelt Road when someone walked up and fired about 1:40 p.m., police said. The man was struck in the head and pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital. His name has not yet been released.
About 20 minutes later, a man was fatally shot in a drive-by in Pilsen on the Near West Side. He was standing outside in the 900 block of West 19th Street when a car drove by and someone inside opened fire about 2 p.m., police said. He was struck in the abdomen and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. His name has not yet been released.
A person was killed in a shooting Sunday afternoon in the South Shore neighborhood. Quinhon T. Douglas, 19, was shot in the head about 4:40 p.m. in the 6700 block of South Merrill Avenue, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s said.
Three people were wounded when someone fired into a Chatham gas station in the 8600 block of South State Street about 3:45 p.m. Saturday, police said. A 20-year-old man was struck in the thigh and a 26-year-old man suffered gunshot wounds to the thigh and buttocks, police said. A third male, age unknown, was also shot. All three were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition, police said.
A Chicago police officer shot a person in an exchange of gunfire during an “investigative stop” on the West Side, officials say. No officers were struck by gunfire. About 8:30 p.m., officers were conducting a stop in the 200 block of North Kostner Avenue when a male fled on foot, police said. Officers were shot at and returned fire, according to police. He was transported to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
Two teenage boys were wounded in a shooting Friday afternoon in Fernwood on the South Side. The boys, 15 and 16, were on the sidewalk in the 10000 block of South Parnell Avenue when someone opened fire about 5 p.m., police said. They were both shot in the leg and were taken in good condition to Christ, police said.
About 45 minutes later, a 17-year-old girl was grazed by a bullet in Englewood on the South Side. She was stopped at a red light in the 6000 block of South State Street when a car pulled up and someone inside fired shots, police said. She was grazed in the back and was taken to the University of Chicago in good condition, police said.
Another teen, a 16-year-old boy, was shot Saturday in East Garfield Park on the West Side. He was walking in the 3400 block of West Lake Street, when he was shot in the leg about 1:15 p.m., police said, He was taken to Stroger in good condition, police said.
A few hours later, a 16-year-old boy was wounded in Park Manor on the South Side. The teen was sitting in a car in the 7000 block of South Wabash Avenue when another car pulled up and someone someone inside fired shots, police said. He was transported to St. Bernard Hospital in good condition, police said.
A 17-year-old boy was wounded Sunday evening in Albany Park on North Side. The teen was near an alley in the 5000 block of North Lawndale Avenue when someone approached and opened fire about 5:20 p.m., police said. He was struck in the stomach and was transported to Illinois Masonic Medical Center in good condition, police said.

At least 23 other people were wounded across Chicago from 5 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.

Last weekend in Chicago, four people were killed and 17 others were wounded.

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