HERE WE GO AGAIN !

Police probe 4 South Side shootings
July 14, 2009 4:42 AM |
Chicago police are investigating at least four South Side shootings this morning, including the slaying of a 20-year-old man in the Gresham neighborhood.

In that incident, officers responded to call of shots fired in the 600 block of West 89th Street and found the man dead with a gunshot wound to the chest, police said.

The victim was identified as Kevin Johnson of the 8900 block of South Parnell Avenue, according to a spokeswoman for the Cook County medical examiner's office.


Further information was not immediately available.

Police also were investigating at least three separate Monday-night shootings on the South Side.

In the the 8200 block of South Ellis Avenue, a 38-year-old man was struck twice in one leg by stray bullets as he stood outside about 9:10 p.m., police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital.


About 9:45 p.m. a 24-year-old man riding a bicycle in the 4700 block of South Calumet Avenue was shot in the foot by two gunmen who fled the scene and remain at large, police said.

And in the 5800 block of South Peoria Street, a 22-year-old woman was shot in the back while standing on a sidewalk with friends just before midnight. She was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in good condition, police said