As a general rule, I am always in favor of picking on Alabama except for Lee County.
Meanwhile, while a racist cops says racist things and Chicago PD locks up minorities in a warehouse under legally suspect circumstances...
Boy, 16, killed and 8 people wounded in shootings across Chicago
A 16-year-old boy was killed and another teen was left in serious condition in a shooting in the South Chicago neighborhood.
The two were among at least nine people wounded or killed in shootings across the city Monday -- on the Northwest, West and South sides. The violence comes after a long Fourth of July weekend that saw 10 people die and 55 others wounded in gun violence.
The 16-year-old was shot about 5:30 p.m. Monday in the 8000 block of South Paxton Avenue when a gunman jumped out of a red vehicle and opened fire, hitting him and a 17-year-old boy, according to Officer Thomas Sweeney, a spokesman for the Chicago Police Department.
The 16-year-old suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead. The 17-year-old suffered a wound to the back and was taken in serious condition to South Shore Hospital, Sweeney said.
No one was reported in custody Tuesday morning.
After the shooting, residents young and old gathered as night fell. Three homes on the street, single-family houses on one side and two-story apartment buildings on the other, were roped off with crime tape.
A neighbor across the street said a bullet flew through his first-floor apartment window. "Everybody's OK. Thank God," the man said.
The shooting took place in an alley between two houses. At least six evidence markers were placed on the ground near the gate leading to a backyard.
Several residents sat on the front stoops of their homes, watching quietly as uniformed officers and detectives interviewed residents along the block. They declined to speak to a reporter.
A resident across the street tiptoed outside with a broom. Another bullet had shattered the lower pane of glass on a security door outside the red painted front door. She gingerly swept glass bits from inside the entryway, gathering it all into a pile on the front step.
"Just fireworks," an officer reassured. "That's why we're not jumping up."
About two hours after the shooting, two more people were shot just five blocks east. Two men, ages 23 and 25, were standing in the 7900 block of South Bennett Avenue when a gunman emerged from a gangway and opened fire, said Officer Veejay Zala, a police spokesman.
Both men were shot in the back and taken to hospitals in good condition, Zala said. The 23-year-old man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, and the 25-year-old man to Jackson Park Hospital.
In other shootings:
• About 10:50 p.m., a 24-year-old man was shot in the Logan Square neighborhood on the Northwest Side. The man was standing in the 3000 block of West Cortland Street when a group of people inside a blue SUV drove past and fired shots, police said. The man was hit in the right thigh and taken to Stroger Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.
• A 35-year-old man was shot during an argument in South Austin. The man got into a argument with another person in the 5200 block of West Van Buren Street when the person pulled out a gun and shot the 35-year-old in the back of the shoulder, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.
• About 8:55 p.m., a 16-year-old boy was shot in the 500 block of East Marquette Road in Woodlawn. Police said the boy was walking on the sidewalk with a group of people when two gunman approached on foot and opened fire. The boy was shot in the left knee. He was taken to Comer Children's Hospital, where his condition was stabilized, police said.
• A 25-year-old man walked into Mercy Hospital and Medical Center about 5:20 p.m. Monday after he was shot in the foot. The man told police he was in the 200 block of West 63rd Street in Englewood when someone walked up to him, started a conversation and then pulled out a handgun and opened fire. The 25-year-old man was shot in the left foot as he tried to run away, police said. Initially, the man said he was shot at the 63rd Street Red Line station but later changed his story after police could not find a crime scene there.
• About 3:10 p.m., a 43-year-old man was shot in Bronzeville. The man was in the 4200 block of South Indiana Avenue when he heard gunfire and was shot, police said. He walked into Provident Hospital with a gunshot wound to his back and was later transferred to Stroger Hospital where his condition stabilized, police said.
No one was in custody for any of Monday's shootings, police said.
Update on 7-21-2015 -- The 16-year-old who was killed on Paxton Avenue has been identified by the Cook County medical examiner's office as Abayomi Okanlawan, of the 7900 block of South Merrill Avenue. That incident took place in the 8000 block of South Paxton Avenue, a different address than had originally been reported.
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Why don't these black lives ever seem to matter?