![]() “ said they were on the train and on the bus, laughing and taking pictures, and they didn’t even make it to where they were going before somebody got to shooting at them,” Akins said. “We’ve got to let our kids live, but when we let our kids leave we take the risk of burying our kids,” Akins said. Kanesha Gaines, 21, was killed and eight other people were wounded. The shooting occurred just days after gunmen opened fire on a group of women attending a birthday party in North Lawndale. Do you know how hurtful it is to hear your child say she doesn’t want to be here no more when you work so hard to get those types of thoughts out of her head because she’s constantly losing people?” ![]() “My baby said she doesn’t even want to be here no more. No one was in custody.“When is it going to stop?” Akins said. He was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Medical Center. Terrance Hampton, 31, was found lying in the street around 2:30 a.m., authorities said. About 2 hours later, a man was found shot and killed in the 4000 block of West Monroe Avenue in West Garfield Park, police said.The woman, 20, was taken to Illinois Masonic in good condition. The man, 22, was hit several times and taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. ![]() Early Monday, a man and a woman were walking in the 4700 block of North Kedzie Avenue in Albany Park when they were approached by two gunman who opened fire, police said.He was shot in his chest and arm, and pronounce dead. The man, 35, was in a large group of people in the 1800 block of West 87th Street when someone opened fire around 5:30 a.m., police said. Early Sunday, a man was killed after gunfire erupted during an argument in a parking lot in Gresham.Hart, 27, suffered gunshot wounds to the chest and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died. was in the 2800 block of West Wilcox Street when a man fired gunshots about 12:20 a.m., authorities said. A man was killed early Sunday while standing on a sidewalk in East Garfield Park.Claudio Ramirez, 41, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died. Saturday evening, a man was fatally shot while standing in the 2600 block of South Tripp Avenue about 1:50 p.m.Omar Polk, 30, was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital. Later Saturday, about 5:15 a.m., a man was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the neck in the 4000 block of West Monroe Street.He was shot in the chest and abdomen, and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died. Moon, 29, was on the train in the 100 block of West 79th Street when someone walked up and shot him about 2:05 am. ![]() About a mile away and an hour earlier, a 29-year-old man was fatally shot on a Red Line train near Chatham.Johnny Muhummad Crockett Jr., 26, was struck in the chest and dropped off at Stroger Hospital, where he died, authorities said. Saturday in the 200 block of West 87th Street, police said. About five minutes earlier, a man was shot to death while with a group of people in a Chatham parking lot.The 23-year-old was shot in the leg and arm and taken to the same hospital. Winfrey suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he died. The men were in the 400 block of South Clark when someone in a black sedan opened gunfire, police said. A 29-year-old man was killed and a 23-year-old man wounded about 3:20 a.m.No arrests were reported in any of the weekend attacks. Another 10 were shot in the 11th district, where shootings are down 16% and homicides down 14%. At least 10 people were shot in the 7th district, where shootings are down 22%, though homicides are up 6%, according to police data.
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