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Weekend Blotter: Woman Shot While Riding In A Car

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Mar 3, 2013 10:30PM


  • A 21-year-old woman was shot in the neck while riding in a car in the West Rogers Park neighborhood. Several people were in the car when a male shooter approached. She is in stable condition.

  • A 19-year-old man was shot in the arm early this morning while riding in a car. He then drove himself to a firehouse for help.

  • Two men were stabbed early Sunday morning on the West Side when a group approached them and an altercation ensued. The two are in critical condition.

  • A 72-year-old man was shot and killed early Saturday morning as he left his home for dialysis treatment.

  • Citywide, seven people were wounded by gunfire this weekend.

  • A man wounded early Friday morning in a gang-related shooting has died from his injuries.

  • Three young men have been charged with the October murder of a 73-year-old man.

  • Frances Colon, the 18-year-old Clemente High School student shot and killed in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, was laid to rest Saturday.

  • Police arrested 38 people, many of which were gangmembers, for selling drugs.