4-year-old boy among 5 killed in Chicago shootings since Friday evening; 53 others wounded

Eight children 17 years old and younger were shot over the Labor Day holiday weekend.

Five people have been killed and 53 others, including eight children, have been wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday evening.

The youngest homicide victim was a 4-year-old boy shot Friday in Woodlawn on the South Side. Mychal Moultry was inside a home about 9 p.m. in the 6500 block of South Ellis Avenue when bullets tore through the front window, authorities said.

The boy’s father held him until paramedics arrived, community activist Andrew Holmes said. The child was pronounced dead Sunday.

Seven other juveniles wounded in gun violence

By Monday morning, seven other people 17 or younger had been shot since 5 p.m. Friday.

On Saturday, a 16-year-old boy with a gunshot wound showed up at Stroger Hospital, Chicago police said. Later that day, three people, including a 12-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl, were wounded in a shooting near a back-to-school event in East Garfield Park.

Saturday night, a 15-year-old boy was shot in a drive-by in Englewood on the South Side, and 13-year-old boy was seriously wounded in a shooting in South Chicago.

Sunday morning, a 14-year-old was shot and wounded in Little Village on the Southwest Side, and a 17-year-old was among two shot in Washington Park on the South Side.

Bus driver shot

A CTA bus driver was shot in the Loop about 9 p.m Saturday. The 34-year-old driver was attacked and then shot in the jaw on Washington Avenue near State Street, police said. A person was arrested but not charges have been filed.

South Loop shooting

A driver was shot and crashed into a light post Saturday night in the South Loop. The man, 28, was shot in his foot while driving around 11:45 p.m. in the 500 block of South Wabash Avenue, police said. He was hospitalized in good condition. Police said the gunman fired shots from inside a white vehicle.

Mass shooting in Lawndale

In nonfatal attacks, five people were shot and wounded in a single incident Saturday morning in Lawndale. The five were among a group of people about 12:15 a.m. in the 1400 block of South Tripp Avenue when someone inside a black Nissan opened fire, police said.

Three women and two men, all between 22 and 37 years old, were taken to hospitals in good or fair condition, police said.

Homicides

— In fatal shootings this weekend, a person was killed Sunday afternoon in South Shore. A male was inside of a vehicle about 2:45 p.m. in the 7800 block of South Clyde Avenue when he suffered a gunshot wound to his head, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. His name and age haven’t been released.

— Hours earlier, a man was shot and killed Sunday morning in Brighton Park on the Southwest Side. The 23-year-old was stopped at a traffic light about 5:30 a.m. while driving southbound in the 3700 block of South Kedzie Avenue when a northbound SUV stopped next to him, police said.

After a brief conversation, someone in the SUV opened fire and struck the man in the head, police said. His vehicle continued southbound after the light turned green, police said, then stopped in the 5500 block of South Albany Avenue. That’s where the man was pronounced dead.

— Saturday night, a man was shot and killed in Lawndale on the West Side. Officers responded to calls of a person shot about 11:50 p.m. in the 1600 block of South Central Park Avenue and found a 41-year-old man lying between two parked cars with two gunshot wounds to the chest, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was later died. Police initially said the shooting happened in the 1600 block of North Central Park.

At least 40 other people were wounded in shootings over the holiday weekend.

Last weekend, at least six people were killed and 50 others wounded in gun violence across Chicago.