Four men were wounded in shootings Saturday afternoon on the South and West sides, including a man who accidentally shot himself in the leg, police said.
Most recently, a 23-year-old man and a 24-year-old man were shot in the South Austin neighborhood just before 7 p.m., police said. The men said they were in the 1100 block of North Lockwood Avenue when they heard shots and felt pain. Both got themselves to West Suburban Hospital. The 23-year-old was shot in the left leg, and the 24-year-old was shot in the right wrist and bicep.
In the Greater Grand Crossing area, a 21-year-old man suffered a graze wound to the left arm about 5:45 p.m. in the 7700 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue, according to a police media notification. The man went in a private vehicle to St. Bernard Hospital, where he was in good condition. The man told police he was walking west near 7700 S. Cottage Grove Ave. when he heard shots and felt pain.
Just before 3:50 p.m., a 23-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the leg in the 5500 block of South Honore Street in the West Englewood neighborhood, and went to Stroger Hospital in good condition. The gunshot appeared to be self-inflicted, and police confiscated the gun, according to police. The man was in police custody, and charges were pending against him, police said.
This holiday weekend has more extra officers working each day than Memorial Day weekend 2016, according to Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson.
This year, 1,300 extra officers, on top of the normal staffing levels, will be working this weekend, Johnson said. Last year, there were about 880 extra officers working, according to police.
By just before midnight May 28, 2016, 32 people had been shot in Chicago since the beginning of the Memorial Day weekend. In all, 71 people were shot, six of them fatally, Memorial Day weekend in 2016, according to data compiled by the Tribune.
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