Two people were killed and five others — including a Chicago police officer — were wounded by gunfire in Chicago Wednesday.
- The officer was seriously wounded in Englewood on the South Side as she and her partner attempted a traffic stop in a marked squad car. The car sped off but then slowed, allowing the officers to pull alongside in the 6100 block of South Paulina Street, police said. The officer was shot, and her partner jumped into the driver’s seat and took her to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where she was listed in serious condition.
- A man was shot and killed early Wednesday after speaking with someone outside an apartment in the Woodlawn neighborhood, police said. Bobby Farmby, 35, left his home in the 6200 block of South King Drive and had a “brief conversation” with someone who opened fire at 1:15 a.m., police said. He was struck in his chin and pronounced dead at the scene.
- Wednesday afternoon, a man shot and killed another man who confronted him with a knife in Logan Square. The man, 36, was inside a garage in the 2700 block of North Monticello Avenue when the other man entered around 2 p.m., police said. The man pulled out a gun and fired, striking the knife-wielding man in the head. The attacker, 53, was pronounced dead at the scene.
- A 17-year-old boy was wounded in Austin on the West Side. He was on the sidewalk about 3:40 p.m. in the 5300 block of West Madison Street when someone opened fire, striking him in the back, police said. The teen was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition.
At least three others were wounded in shootings across Chicago Wednesday.
Eleven people were shot, two fatally, Tuesday in Chicago.
