3 Shot On Lakeview Party Bus, 4 Killed In Fernwood, Among Weekend's Shooting Victims
By Rachel Cromidas in News on Dec 18, 2016 4:39PM
Irving Park Road and Lake Shore Drive, image by Google Street View
Three men were wounded in a Lakeview shooting near the Irving Park Road entrance to Lake Shore Drive early Sunday morning after an argument on a party bus broke out and a man pulled out a gun.
The man shot two other people on the bus, billed as a "luxury event on wheels" according to a Tribune reporter who was there, around 1:55 a.m.
In all, a 22-year-old man was shot in the head, and taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center in critical condition, a 33-year-old man was shot in the chest, and brought to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in stable condition, and a 31-year-old man, thought to be the suspect in the shooting, was shot in his left hand and taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center in good condition.
Chicago Breaking News Tweeted a photo from the scene of the shooting, showing people huddling by an apartment building and one man covered in blood:
3 wounded on party bus near Lake Shore Drive https://t.co/ujnDcq4gxh pic.twitter.com/CVkjWg9OqP
— ChicagoBreaking (@ChicagoBreaking) December 18, 2016
According to the Crime in Wrigleyville blog, there were about 30 people on the party bus at the time of the shooting.
At least 19 other people were shot between Saturday and Sunday this weekend, at least four fatally, despite word that this would be one of the chilliest weekends of the year. Four people were fatally shot in a single shooting incident in Fernwood on the city's far South Side, and another was wounded, according to police. The shooting took place Saturday afternoon 12:40 p.m. in the 100 block of West 105th Street.
At a press conference about the shooting Saturday, First Deputy Police Superintendent Kevin Navarro told reporters that police "have more questions than answers" about the case so far. Police initially responded to the scene of the shooting after receiving an anonymous 911 call about five people shot at the home, and when police arrived they found two women shot on the front porch and two men and a woman fatally shot inside the house.