14 Shot, 1 Killed In Chicago Mass Shooting: Police – Patch

14 Shot, 1 Killed In Chicago Mass Shooting: Police  Patch

The shots rang out as police were trying to disperse a crowd at a gathering, authorities said. CHICAGO — A man was killed in a shooting that left 13 other victims injured late Saturday on Chicago’s South Side, according to police. Officers were at a gathering around 11:30 p.m. to disperse a crowd in the 5400 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue when an unknown offender or unknown offenders started firing shots at the crowd, striking several victims, police said. A 35-year-old man, identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office as Rontonio M.

Guterz of Chicago, was pronounced dead at the University of Chicago hospital, according to police. A 47-year-old woman was in serious condition and three other women — aged 23, 43 and 21 — were in fair condition, with all four requiring care at hospitals, police said. Six other victims — three men ages 34, 39 and 42 and three women ages 40, 45 and 26 — were in good condition but received medical attention at hospitals, according to police. Another three victims — a 37-year-old woman, a 23-year-old man and a 35-year-old man — were in unknown condition, police said.