Four people have been killed and at least 20 others wounded in gun violence so far over the weekend in Chicago.
- Friday night, two men were killed in separate shootings in Englewood. A man, 27, was putting groceries in his car about 9:35 p.m. in a store parking lot in the 7000 block of South Ashland Avenue when another man walked up and started shooting, Chicago police said. He was shot several times and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died. About 15 minutes earlier, Quashay Johnson, 26, was found fatally shot in the 6000 block of South Carpenter Street, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. He was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
- Hours later, a Chicago police officer was fatally shot as she arrived home from work early Saturday in Avalon Park on the South Side. Areanah Preston, 24, was shot about 1:40 a.m. during an apparent armed robbery that involved her gun being taken, according to law enforcement sources. A responding officer took Preston to University of Chicago Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead, police said. Preston had worked for the police department for three years, most recently assigned to the Calumet District.
- A man was killed Sunday in a drive-by shooting in East Garfield Park on the West Side. Desean Smith, 25, was walking in the 200 block of North St. Louis Avenue about 4 p.m. when a dark Jeep pulled up and someone inside shot him, police and the medical examiner’s office said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died.
