Monday, October 26, 2015

Obama silent about black lives.....5 killed, 19 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings

5 killed, 19 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings | Chicago Sun-Times:
"Five people have been killed and at least 19 others wounded in shootings across Chicago this weekend.
The latest homicide happened early Sunday in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.
Perry Burrell, 26, was found with a gunshot wound to the head about 2:45 a.m. in a vehicle that had crashed into a tree in the 4500 block of West Adams, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Burrell, of the 2300 block of North Avers, was pronounced dead at the scene 10 minutes later, authorities said.
Saturday afternoon, a 23-year-old man was shot to death in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.
Officers responding to a call of shots fired about 4:50 p.m. in the 5300 block of South Union found Fredrick Dockery unresponsive with gunshot wounds to the abdomen and neck, authorities said.
Dockery, whose home was a block north of the shooting scene, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died at 5:40 p.m.
Earlier Saturday, a 45-year-old woman was gunned down in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
About 12:30 a.m., Maria Moreno was walking with another person in the 2500 block of South Harding when she heard shots and realized she had been struck in the chest, authorities said.
She was taken to Saint Anthony Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 12:58 a.m. Moreno lived about a half-mile away from the scene of the shooting in the 2500 block of South Kedvale."

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