6 shot, 1 fatally, overnight in ChicagoSun-Times Wireon April 10, 2021 at 11:46 am

A 17-year-old boy was fatally shot Friday in the 200 block of West 37th Street.

One person was killed and five others wounded in shootings across Chicago so far this weekend, including a 17-year-old boy who was fatally shot Friday in Bridgeport on the South Side.

The teen and two others were sitting in a parked vehicle about 9:45 p.m. in the 200 block of West 37th Street when a black Dodge Durango pulled up and two men exited and began shooting at them, Chicago police said.

Davion Ward, 17, was struck in the back and was transported to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

A 16-year-old boy suffered a graze wound to the head and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition, police said.

A man between 18 and 20 years old suffered a gunshot wound to the chest and was transported to the same hospital in critical condition, police said.

In nonfatal attacks, a 48-year old man was hurt in a drive-by shooting early Saturday in Humboldt Park on the West Side.

The man was standing outside about 12:50 a.m. in the 1000 block of North Avers Avenue when someone inside a passing white Jeep fired shots, police said. He was struck in the leg and was taken to Stroger Hospital in fair condition.

Also Saturday, a man was shot in West Pullman on the Far South Side.

The 34-year-old was standing outside about 4 a.m. in the 100 block of East 119th Street when someone inside a red-colored vehicle fired shots, Chicago police said.

He sustained five gunshot wounds on the body and was taken to Roseland Community Hospital in good condition, police said.

In the weekend’s earliest reported shooting, a person was hurt in a shooting Friday night on Interstate 290 near Cicero Avenue on the West Side.

About 9:30 p.m., a driver suffered a gunshot wound while traveling on I-290 near Cicero Avenue, Illinois State Police said.

The driver’s injuries were non-life-threatening, according to state police.

Thirty-four people were shot, eight fatally, last weekend in Chicago.

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