What should be a weekend full of barbecues and fun has turned into a weekend of violence in Chicago. Six people have been killed and 22 wounded in shootings since Friday evening, according to the Chicago Sun Times.
The most recent killings took place early Sunday morning in the Goose Island neighborhood on the near north side. Charles Jones, 42, was shot to death in a confrontation after a man in a 2005 Buick LaCrosse side swiped the Maserati being driven by Jones, police told the Chicago Sun Times.
While Jones pulled over and exited his car to talk to the driver of the Buick, a passenger from the Buick went to another car and returned with a gun, shooting Jones and an unidentified female passenger in his car. Both victims were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Jones passed away at 3:33 a.m. Police are investigating but have not taken anyone into custody, according to the Associated Press.
Malcolm Dobbey, 27, was shot to death on the far south side at approximately 2:10 a.m. on Sunday, according to the Chicago Sun Times. Police had been called to investigate a disturbance and while doing so found the unresponsive Dobbey in a yard. Detectives found a "person of interest" to question in the shooting but as of Sunday evening the police had not charged anyone in the murder, according to the Chicago Sun Times.
At approximately 1:50 a.m. on Saturday, Gregory Dixon, 29, was shot in his own apartment after buzzing in the gunmen. Dixon was shot in the chest and back and found dead at the scene. No suspects have been apprehended, according to the Associated Press.
Leetema Davis, 17, was shot and pronounced dead at the scene in the Austin neighborhood around 11:00 p.m. on Friday night. Davis was shot in the head and an unidentified 18 year old man was shot in the chest in the same incident. The man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, the Chicago Sun Times reports.
At least 21 other people have been wounded in violence since Friday evening, the Associated Press reports.
