4 Teens Taken to West Suburban After Being Shot this Weekend; 41 Shooting Victims Reported in Chicago Area

Doctors at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park were able to treat and stabilize three teenage shooting victims Friday — just a handful of dozens of victims from shootings reported across Chicago this holiday weekend.

An 18-year-old man, alongside three 16-year-old boys, were shot around 4:50 p.m. Dec. 23 at the intersection of Lamon Avenue and Hubbard Street, the Chicago Tribune reported. All four survived the gunfire.

The oldest teenager was taken into the Oak Park hospital after being shot in the lower right leg and left arm. One of the younger boys was shot in the left calf, another was wounded in the lower left ankle and the last was shot in the right shin. Two of the 16-year-olds were also taken into West Suburban; the last was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital.

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, a total of 41 people were shot in Chicago during the Christmas weekend, 11 of whom died. Those numbers trumped the statistics of last year’s crime rates in the city, the Sun-Times reported, which left 30 people shot and six dead.

Other shootings this past weekend include:

• Christmas Eve, a 27-year-old man identified as Juan Gonzalez was shot to death in the Brighton Park neighborhood, the Tribune reported. He was shot in the abdomen and head while on the 3000 block of West 38th Place in Chicago and pronounced dead on the scene.
• Two men, 20 and 21 years old, were killed Dec. 23 in shootings on the 500 block of North Laramie Avenue. They had been outside after talking on the phone before they were shot. Derrick Jones, 21, was shot multiple times. Stephen Tucker, 20, was shot in the head and in the back.
• A 16-year-old boy was shot in the lower leg Dec. 23 on the 4900 block of West Kinzie Street around 3:30 p.m. and taken to a local hospital. No further information has been released about his death.
• A 26-year-old man was shot in the shoulder and buttocks on the 5700 block of South Prairie Avenue while he was getting out of a car. He survived.
• A 23-year-old man was shot in the arm on the 5900 block of South Western Avenue in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood while he was in his car. Another car pulled up next to him and he was shot through the window. He survived.
• A 41-year-old man was grazed with a bullet in the left hand during a robbery. He’d been leaving a party on the 4600 block of South Leamington Avenue when two masked men, who were armed, attempted to rob him. He survived.
• A 17-year-old boy was shot in the back Saturday on the 10800 block of South Wentworth Avenue in the Roseland neighborhood. He survived.
• A 26-year-old man and 34-year-old man were both shot Saturday in a drive-by shooting on the 3400 block of West Beach Avenue in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. One was shot in the stomach and leg, and the other was shot in the left ankle. Both survived.
• A 52-year-old man was shot in the back and neck during a robbery Friday in the Hermosa neighborhood in Chicago. He survived.
• A 44-year-old man was walking in the 500 block of West Iowa Street in the Cabrini Green neighborhood when he was shot in the leg. He survived.
• An 18-year-old man and a 23-year-old man were shot on the 8700 block of South Sangamon Street in the Gresham neighborhood of Chicago. One was shot in the leg; the other was shot in both hips. They both survived.
• A 53-year-old man was shot in the hand in the Washington Park neighborhood when a gunman got out of a car near him and opened fire. He survived.
• An 18-year-old man was shot in the Marquette Park neighborhood when two men came out of an alleyway and started shooting him. He was hit in the back, arm, leg and torso and was taken in critical condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center.

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