Chicagoist Weekend Blotter
By Samantha Abernethy in News on Sep 4, 2011 9:30PM
Photo by Flickr user edavison.
- At least six men were killed in citywide violence this weekend in the neighborhoods of Garfield Park, Oak Lawn, Hamilton Park, Marquette Park, Austin and Lincoln Park
- Two men were stabbed, one fatally, during a multi-person fight in the streets in the Lincoln Park neighborhood around 1 a.m. Saturday morning.
- Two men were shot and killed in a drive-by shooting while standing on the street in the Garfield Park neighborhood Saturday afternoon.
- Two brothers -- one 16, the other 24 -- have been arrested on animal cruelty charges after a decapitated dog was found.
- A 14-year-old drove a car into a firetruck on the West Side.