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CBS News
05-07-2025
- CBS News
7 hospitalized after mass shooting in Back of the Yards neighborhood, police say
Seven people were hospitalized following another mass shooting Friday night in Chicago, this time on the city's Southwest Side. It happened after 11 p.m. in the 4800 block of South Justine Street in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. Chicago police said officers responded to a call of multiple people shot. Preliminary reports indicated that two unknown men approached the victims on foot, pulled out guns, and shot into a crowd of people who were standing outside, hitting the seven victims. A 27-year-old woman was hit in the left leg, a 21-year-old woman was hit in the right thigh, and a 21-year-old man was hit in the right quad and right foot. They were taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in serious condition. Four others were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center. A 29-year-old man was shot in the left arm and is listed in serious condition. A 25-year-old woman was hit in the left flank and is in serious condition. A 25-year-old woman was hit in the rear and is in critical condition, and a 42-year-old man was hit in the left calf and is in critical condition. As of Saturday, no one is in custody. Area 1 detectives are investigating. This is the fifth mass shooting in the city since Wednesday. That's when 4 people were killed and 14 others were wounded in a shooting outside a River North nightclub, where an album release party for Chicago rapper Mello Buckzz occurred. Two other mass shootings followed in less than 24 hours. Four people were wounded in a mass shooting early Thursday in the Riverdale neighborhood. Four other men were also wounded in the West Englewood neighborhood later that evening. Early Saturday morning, four other men were shot while sitting inside a parked car in the Marshall Square neighborhood.
Yahoo
01-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Chicago Defender Charities holds grand opening at new Wellness Homes of Chicago facility
CHICAGO — Chicago Defender Charities held a grand opening Saturday for Wellness Homes of Chicago's fourth location, aiming to provide healthcare to another underserved community in the city. A ribbon cutting was done at the new facility, which is a partnership between Chicago Defender Charities and Wellness Homes of Chicago and is located at 1823 West 47th Street, in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the city's Southwest Side. Decades of memories come alive at James Ward Elementary School's 150th anniversary celebration The facility provides primary care, behavioral health and preventative services, and it also includes a pharmacy. Dr. Maurice 'Mo' Brownlee, CEO of Wellness Homes of Chicago, says the new facility is specifically tailored to meet the needs of community members in and around Back of the Yards. Read more: Latest Chicago news and headlines 'You have a person who's working at McDonald's who cannot get off in time. So we open late. A person who needs weekend hours, we provide those services,' Brownlee said. 'We want people to live longer in this zip code. It is unfair that … your life expectancy is 5% less (in this) zip code. 'That stops today, and it stops today with the Wellness Home at Back of the Yards.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
