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6 slain in Chicago shootings, stabbings
More than 20 injured in weekend violence
By Kristen Schorsch and Carlos Sadovi | Tribune reporters
July 6, 2009
A bloody Saturday night and Sunday in Chicago left six people dead and more than 20 others, including a 7-year-old boy, injured from gunshot or stab wounds.

Marchello Henderson, 26, of the 10400 block of South Wabash Avenue, was killed after being shot several times about 11:45 p.m. Saturday, police said.

Henderson was one of several people standing in the 5700 block of South Union Avenue when he and two others were shot, Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said. A 7-year-old boy was shot in the arm and was listed in good condition in Comer Children's Hospital, fire and police officials said. A 26-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the side and was grazed by a bullet across the chest, police said. He was in good condition Sunday in Stroger Hospital, police said.

Andre Armstrong, 35, of the 4300 block of South Champlain Avenue was stabbed in the chest about 11:50 p.m. Saturday at the same address, News Affairs Officer Michael Fitzpatrick said. Armstrong later was pronounced dead in Stroger.



About midnight Saturday, four men were shot in the 6400 block of South Sangamon Street, police said. An 18-year-old man and a 29-year-old man were in critical condition Sunday in Stroger. Two victims, ages 29 and 34, were in stable condition in St. Bernard Hospital, police said.

Two people were fatally shot about 1:45 a.m. near East 63rd Street and South Maryland Avenue, Fitzpatrick said. Loweton Harrman, 26, of the 9100 block of South Parnell Avenue and Leundra Straight, 22, of North Liberty, Iowa, were killed, the Cook County medical examiner's office said. No other details were available.

Authorities continue to look for several suspects in the fatal shooting of Dominic Barnes, 21, of the 600 block of East 51st Street. Police responded to a shooting about 10:15 a.m. in the 4700 block of South Forrestville Avenue. Witnesses told police Barnes was shot after several people exited a gray Chevrolet Monte Carlo and began firing, police said.

About 11:40 a.m., Francisco Lopez, 29, of the 4700 block of South Paulina Street was shot dead near his home, police said. Another man was taken to Holy Cross Hospital with minor injuries, fire officials said.

A man in his 30s was shot in the head in the 600 block of East 87th Street about 12:19 p.m. Sunday, police said. The man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in "very critical condition," said Officer John Mirabelli, a police spokesman.

No charges had been made in any of the fatal shootings as of late Sunday. Several other non-fatal incidents occurred throughout the city late Saturday and early Sunday, police said.

Police spokesman Roderick Drew said he needed a chance to review information about the weekend violence and would not comment until Monday.

kschorsch@tribune.com

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