18-year-old killed – An 18-year-old, Aniyhas Jackson, was fatally shot inside an Austin home Saturday night while authorities reported additional overnight shootings across Chicago that left at least 10 others injured and five teenagers hurt.
The shooting started just before 10 p.m. on Saturday. when an 18-year-old inside an Austin home was hit and kept alive only long enough to be rushed to the hospital. By Sunday morning. police were still piecing together a streak of gunfire across Chicago that left one teenager dead. at least 10 others injured. and five more teens hurt—violence that arrives with the Juneteenth holiday weekend underway.
Aniyhas Jackson was inside an Austin home in the 4800 block of West Quincy Street when he was shot in the armpit, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition and later pronounced dead.
Police said a 17-year-old boy was arrested at the home and that a gun was recovered.
Later that night, violence erupted again as police dispersed a large crowd in North Lawndale around 11:30 p.m. Multiple shots were heard. In the 1400 block of South Christiana Avenue, a 19-year-old man approached officers and said he was shot. He was hit in the arm and groin, and police said he was taken to Mount Sinai in serious condition.
A 19-year-old woman was also shot and took herself to Mount Sinai with a gunshot wound to the buttocks. Another 18-year-old woman, also shot in the buttocks, was found at the scene and taken to Mount Sinai. Both women were in stable condition. Police said no arrests have been made in those North Lawndale shootings.
The overnight string included multiple separate incidents reported by police.
Around 6 p.m. Saturday, a 15-year-old boy was shot during an argument with another person outside a Grand Boulevard business in the 700 block of East 47th Street. The boy was taken in fair condition to Comers Children’s Hospital.
About an hour later, a 49-year-old man was shot in the Armour Square neighborhood in the 200 block of West Pershing Road and was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center in fair condition.
In Roseland, a 31-year-old man was in stable condition after he was shot in the torso around 9 p.m. in the 10800 block of South Union Avenue.
Just after midnight Sunday, a 40-year-old man was dropped off at University of Chicago with a gunshot to his torso. He was in critical condition.
In West Garfield Park, a 36-year-old woman was at a gathering when someone in a gray sedan shot her twice in the leg at around 2 a.m. in the 800 block of South Kilbourn Avenue. She was in stable condition at Mount Sinai.
In Brighton Park, a 17-year-old boy was in a car around 4 a.m. when two people on a motorbike pulled up alongside and opened fire in the 4700 block of South Rockwell Street. The boy was shot in the chest and taken to University of Chicago in critical condition.
Around 5:30 a.m., a 22-year-old woman was shot while inside a West Pullman home in the 11600 block of South Elizabeth Street. Police said the gunman fired from outside the home. She was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in fair condition.
Taken together. the cases trace a grim arc from a fatal shooting in Austin to multiple other attacks scattered across neighborhoods—starting Saturday night and continuing into Sunday morning—adding to the earlier violence that left five people killed and dozens injured at the start of the Juneteenth holiday weekend.
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How is this still happening on Juneteenth… smh
They said Austin home in Chicago right? Like Texas Austin? Cuz the title is weird. Also armpit?? that’s such a random detail, hope they catch whoever did it.
So a 17-year-old got arrested but only after he got “hit in the armpit” and then everyone else got shot too? Sounds like somebody was just shooting to shoot. Chicago really can’t catch a break, like it’s all connected but nobody knows how.
I’m confused—this says Austin home but then it’s Chicago shootings. Maybe “Austin” is a neighborhood and not the city? Either way, it says five teenagers hurt and one died like that’s normal now. Also Juneteenth weekend always gets blamed for “violence” but it’s just people with guns doing what they want. Sucks.