EDGEWATER – Two folks have been left critically wounded after a taking pictures Friday in an Edgewater house advanced that’s close to the scene of 5 shootings final 12 months, in accordance with authorities.
Round 10:50 p.m. Friday, officers responded to a name of an individual shot in an house constructing within the 5800 block of North Kenmore Avenue. When police arrived, they found two victims affected by gunshot wounds within the house, in accordance with the police division.
A 25-year-old man was shot in his chest and a girl whose age was not launched was shot in her chin, police mentioned. Each victims have been handled by Fireplace Division paramedics earlier than being taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital in important situation.
Officers discovered a gun on the scene, in accordance with police.
Friday’s taking pictures came about two blocks south of a stretch of Kenmore Avenue that noticed a complete of six folks shot final summer time. That features a 13-year-old boy shot lifeless in an house within the 6000 block of North Kenmore Avenue.
Edgewater final 12 months noticed the highest variety of shootings the neighborhood has skilled in a minimum of the previous 10 years, in accordance with metropolis information.
Three folks have been killed in a complete of 19 shootings in 2024, a rise from 5 shootings the earlier 12 months and 10 in 2022, in accordance with the town’s violence discount dashboard. A number of Senn Excessive Faculty college students have been amongst these shot in Edgewater final 12 months.
In response to final 12 months’s violence, a surveillance digital camera was put in on the block and officers have mentioned that there was a rise in police presence.
Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth (forty eighth) has pledged to extend police foot patrols on industrial streets within the neighborhood and mentioned the completion of tasks together with the Pink Line rebuild will assist with “optimistic loitering” to discourage crime.
There have been 4 folks shot in Edgewater this 12 months by means of Friday, in accordance with metropolis information. Three folks have been shot within the neighborhood by means of the identical time interval final 12 months.
Madison Savedra contributed reporting.
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