Man Killed In Year’s 600th Homicide Among 5 Shot Tuesday In Chicago « CBS Chicago

Man Killed In Year’s 600th Homicide Among 5 Shot Tuesday In Chicago « CBS Chicago
"CHICAGO (CBS) — A man killed Tuesday — marking the city’s 600th homicide this year — was among five people shot in a 7-hour span of gun violence on the South and West sides.
Three men were shot, one of them fatally, when someone opened fire from a light-colored vehicle shortly after 4 p.m. in the 500 block of South Lockwood in the West Side Austin neighborhood.
A 25-year-old man was was shot multiple times in the head and pronounced dead at the scene less than an hour later, Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.
His name has not been released, pending notification of his family.
A 32-year-old man was shot in the groin and buttocks, and a 28-year-old man suffered a graze wound to the head.
Both of their conditions were stabilized at Stroger Hospital.
The fatality marked Chicago’s 600th homicide of 2017, including shootings, assaults and other types of incidents, according to data maintained by the Chicago Sun-Times.
The city ended last year with 781 homicides and hit the 600 mark on Oct. 17, 2016..."
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