Two men were killed and at least nine other people have been wounded in shootings citywide since Wednesday afternoon, police said.
A 26-year-old man was fatally shot at 8:09 p.m. in Old Town on the 1200 block of North Clark Street, according to police.
A person drove up, got out of the vehicle and shot him multiple times. The attacker then fled in the vehicle after the shooting.
The man, a convicted felon on parole, was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, said Officer Thomas Sweeney, a police spokesman.
He was later pronounced dead at the hospital, said Officer Veejay Zala, a Chicago police spokesman.
Another person was shot and wounded in Old Town about an hour earlier, police said. A 19-year-old man was in the 1300 block of North Hudson Avenue at about 7 p.m. when he was shot in the hip. He went to Northwestern Memorial Hospital and his condition was stabilized.
Police were called about 12:20 p.m. and found the man shot in the head. He was pronounced dead on the scene, Quaid said.
Nonfatal shootings:
At 12:05 a.m. Thursday, a 15-year-old boy and a 19-year-old woman were shot in the Hanson Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side. The boy was shot in the back and the woman was shot in both legs near the intersection of Belden Street and Lorel Avenue. They got themselves to Community First Medical Center, where the woman's condition was stabilized. The boy was transferred to Lurie Children's Hospital. He was listed in critical condition.
At 11:40 p.m., a 39-year-old man was shot in the 6300 block of South Damen Avenue, Zala said. He was shot in the arm and went to Holy Cross Hospital, where he was listed in good condition. A police sergeant was nearby to get food when he heard the gunfire and saw people running, a law enforcement source said. He then found a gunshot victim in a nearby black sedan.
At 11:20 p.m., a 17-year-old girl was shot in the Marquette Park neighborhood. She was on a porch in the 6500 block of South Maplewood Avenue when two people on the street fired shots. She was hit in the leg and went to Holy Cross Hospital in good condition.
At 10:30 p.m., a 29-year-old man was shot in South Austin. He was in the 600 block of South Cicero Avenue when he heard a gunshot and realized he had been shot in the right wrist. He got himself to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was listed in good condition.
At about 10:15 p.m., an 18-year-old man was shot in the leg in the Uptown neighborhood on the North Side, Zala said. The man was standing outside in the 1200 block of West Ainslie Street when a dark-colored van passed by and someone inside it fired shots, striking him, Zala said. He was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in good condition.
Around 8:33 p.m., a 16-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man were wounded in a shooting in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side, police said.
The boy was shot in the chest, and the man was shot in the leg on the 4900 block of West Ferdinand Street, Sweeney said.
The two were outside when an attacker walked up to them and fired shots, Sweeney said. The victims were in serious condition at Mount Sinai Hospital, police said.
At 5:04 p.m., a 26-year-old man was shot in the leg on the 600 block of West 80th Place, police said. Police are investigating whether the man shot himself by accident. The man is a convicted felon, who is on parole and is a gang member, police said.
No one was immediately in custody as a result of the shootings.
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