Ive been here 15 years, I aint never seen anything like this, Johnson said. It wasnt clear whether officers responded to the home at that time. Lightfoot blamed the violence on the lack of national laws that would curb the flow of illegal guns. CHICAGO At least four people were killed Tuesday morning in Englewood in Chicago's second mass shooting in just four days, including at least two mothers. A man, 23, arrived at St. Bernard Hospital with a gunshot wound to the back. The witness heard shots again around 5 a.m., around the time officers arrived to find the victims. Four other people were injured in the shooting and are being treated at local hospitals. The shooting took place at a home in Inglewood, and family and friends told NBC4 that it was a birthday party that turned violent. The Associated Press contributed to this report. We should all know that illegal gun possession makes us less safe, not more safe. "It's really heartbreaking," added a woman named Michelle. Also killed was Shermetria Williams, 19, the mother of a 2-year-old daughter. A female victim suffered unspecified gunshot wounds, and is in critical condition at University of Chicago Medical Center. And again, I'm going to point the finger at the state's attorney's office. You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! / CBS Chicago. The shooting happened early Tuesday in the 6200 block of South Morgan Street, but police are still trying to determine what happened. No one was in custody. I knew where to come, she said. GAGE PARK A Chicago police officer was fatally shot Wednesday afternoon while responding to a domestic violence call in Gage Park. how interested you are in the Fire, whose season begins Saturday against New York City FC at Soldier Field. Brown also said there have been previous reports of parties being held at the location. Detectives were questioning a person who was inside the home at the time. And I would argue the idea of decriminalizing illegal gun possession is the most ridiculous thing Ive ever heard in my nearly 40 years in law enforcement, particularly at a time when our country is seeing the most increase in violent crime in decades, he said. This time last year, the county had recorded 342. Its got to come to an end.. Detectives were questioning a person who was inside the home at the time. People who live nearby say they've been traumatized and terrorized. Matthew Saniie, chief data officer for the states attorneys office, analyzed graphs on gun arrests in Cook County, including one that he said showed Chicago police arresting more people for a gun crime than the number of shootings in Chicago. Richmond began picking Williams up from his house often and tried to convince Williams to hang out with her instead. She was not shot. Jackson, who has lived in the neighborhood for 40 years, said she had been sleeping when the shooting happened, but she awoke to the sound of a helicopter above her home. The officers were shot during a traffic stop shortly after 9 p.m. at 63rd Street and Bell Avenue and returned fire, hitting at least one suspect, police said. They said Tuesday that she had gone to the Morgan Street home for a party. When more gunfire rang out about 5:30 a.m., officers responded and found the victims, Brown said. Mathis lived on the South Side, but the family didnt know what brought her to the gathering on South Morgan. "During the foot pursuit, the offender turned and fired shots at the officers,"said Deputy Chief Yolanda Talley during a Sunday press conference, according to local affiliate FOX 32 Chicago. Gun Violence Archive (GVA) is a not for profit corporation formed in 2013 to provide free online public access to accurate information about gun-related violence in the United States. A 2-year-old girl in the home at the time was taken to Comer Childrens Hospital for observation. Officers were called to the home at 5:45 a.m. for a report of multiple people shot, said Chicago police Superintendent David Brown, at a news conference at the Englewood District Station. A witness told police there were two volleys of gunshots inside the home, hours apart. This incident came days after another mass shooting in Chatham Saturday, where a mother was killed and nine others wounded. This article contains new, firsthand information uncovered by its reporter(s). And when you have a gathering, and someone comes to a shooting, its going to be multiple people shot., Pastor Donovan Price, who is known in the neighborhood for his street ministry, said he was at the hospital with another woman whod been shot elsewhere in the city when he got messages about what happened on Morgan Street. The surviving victims of Tuesday's mass shooting have not been interviewed, as they are being treated, and no arrests have been made. Richmond said she and Williams would call and text every day. The man said his daughter worked at Lawrences Fish & Shrimp. 'HELP US!!' Her cousin, Shermetria Williams, had met a man less than two months ago when she attended one of his house parties. Casings from a drum magazine a type of magazine that allows a gunman to fire many bullets very quickly were found at the home, but detectives have not yet found the gun used in the slayings. He said he spoke to a young boy who said his mother was one of the victims who died. "I want my sister to be here so badly," said Trent Berry, Williams' brother. On Saturday, a mass shooting in Chatham killed a young mother of three and left nine others wounded. Why? Share. A 25-year old man also suffered a gunshot wound to the back of the head and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in unknown condition. Poles needs to make sure Eberflus maintains significant input. "This is crazy. Brown said a 2-year-old was in the home at the time of the shooting but was not hurt. pic.twitter.com/IjHZLn76BV. There have been 390 homicides in Cook County so far this year, according to the medical examiners office, nearly 300 of them in Chicago. Mathis family said she was a devoted mother. This includes directly interviewing sources and research / analysis of primary source documents. All she wanted to do was take care of her daughter and be successful in life, the father said. NBC 5's Kate Chappell has more. Chicago Police received reports of a person with a gun around 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the area of South Racine Avenue and West 57 Street and arrived to find a man who matched the description provided. Family members identified two other victims as Denice Mathis and Blake Lee. ENGLEWOOD Three shooters got out of an SUV in Englewood Thursday evening and sprayed bullets on a group of people, wounding seven including a teenage boy and a 1-month-old girl who was shot in the head, police said. He said his daughter is also the mother of a 3-year-old girl. Chicago police said Alexander Podgorny fired. "I'm still praying. A preventive community policing plan we've heard so much about from the mayor and CPD involves plans to flood the city's most violent neighborhoods with resources and help, but Butler said Englewood has not seen anything yet. Authorities later said a 2-year-old girl was taken to a hospital for evaluation out of an abundance of caution but that she had not been injured. Shootings like this happen because of disinvestment, because of trauma, she said Today, we have failed.. No guns were found in the house, but police did find shell casings and a high-capacity magazine for a gun inside the house. A woman is also in critical condition at University of Chicago Medical Center. Every dime we make funds reporting from Chicagos neighborhoods. Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said they believe there was a party going on when the shooting happened. According to the district's website, all schools have a school resource officer assigned to each campus. March 1, 2023 at 8:10 a.m. Pueblo County Sheriff's deputies shot and killed a man in a home after shots were fired near North Mesa Elementary School Tuesday afternoon. Sheron Jackson, 59, said two of her daughters, 37 and 32, had been at the gathering but left around 11:30 p.m. before the shooting occurred. A man, 25, was shot in the back of the head and was at the University of Chicago Medical Center, and his condition had also stabilized. Clickhereto support Block Clubwith atax-deductible donation. She was supposed to graduate today, he said. We do have an officer that sustained a shoulder injury from the incident with the crowd, Talley said. Active scene. And sometimes when we have these large gatherings, things happen.". There was no sign of forced entry, Brown said. The city's (non) voters are not a monolith but crowded races and low awareness could be keeping them home, voting organizers say. South Morgan and 63rd blocked off. Major cities throughout the United States, including Chicago, recorded rising gun violence throughout 2020. The crowd began throwing items at police and damaging department property while officers conducted their crime scene investigation, the outlet reported. The last Chicago police officer killed in the line of duty was Ella French, 29, who was shot in August 2021 during a West Englewood traffic stop. The Cook County Medical Examiner identified 28-year-old Ratanya Rogers of Chicago as one of the four victims. I would ask those that argue that point to come to Englewood, come to this address on Morgan Street, and look these victims and their families in the eye and make the argument that illegal gun possession makes you safer and didnt cause our grief this morning (or) the pain of these families, Brown said. Hours later, yellow and red police tape remained visible, strung across Morgan Street at 63rd, about a block away from where the shooting took place. Demetrius Williams said he was at home inMaywood, putting on a shirt and tie for his daughter Shermetrias graduation when he heard she had been killed. He was taken to a local hospital where he died, police said. Polling Place: Is Patrick Kane the greatest Blackhawk ever. The family had tickets to go to her graduation from Country Club Hills Tech & Trade Center scheduled for the day she died. Asked whether she believes Cook County States Attorney Kim Foxx is doing a good job prosecuting gun offenders, Lightfoot pointed to what one of the states attorneys top aides said about the Chicago Police Department during a recent webinar for reporters. She was inside the home when the gunfire began, Brown said. She says Denice was a friend and she's still struggling to process what happened here. Two men one 41 and one 25 were shot in the back of their heads and were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, police said. My heart is sad now. "You've got multiple parties, five to six days a week, starting at midnight, going to four, five, six in the morning.". Im glad (my daughters) werent in there, but my heart goes out to the ones who didnt make it, Jackson said. A 41-year-old man had been shot in the back of the head and was at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, and his condition had stabilized. So then I texted her at eight, and I asked her if she had everything. Two officers walked over to her and tried to reassure her before street activist Andrew Holmes and others came up to calm her. And on June 6, eight people were wounded in a shooting at a graduation party at 89th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue in the Burnside neighborhood. The mayor often has blamed the surge in violent crime on the pandemic and its ripple effects, such as the court system being largely closed in that time, but others question the citys strategies and leadership. The fourth victim was Blake Lee, who lived in the home, his family told the Sun-Times. She's calling for something different - for foot patrols and real community engagement. "For them to just take her take their mama away from them, that really hurts me," said Michelle B., friend. Police are still determining what happened but said there was an argument inside the home and someone fired shots. As a response to the rise of school shootings elsewhere in the United States, the William S. Hart Union High School District had undertaken a number of measures to improve security at the school. Police fired back and struck the man. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times As a 4-year-old girl recovered from a gunshot wound Wednesday, a relative told the Sun-Times the girl had been combing her doll's hair on the front stoop of a vacant building in Englewood when a stray bullet hit her. Of the two people . But police still haven't been able to interview them because they're in the hospital. A man shot in the back of the head was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in unknown condition, police said. One person wrapped her arms around another and rubbed their back to comfort them as they stood against a chain-linked fence and faced the emergency room entrance. Four others injured. The weekend before,six men and two women were wounded when someone in a silver car opened fire in a shooting in the 8900 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue in the Burnside neighborhood. @cbschicago gathering more. The child was not wounded, but she was taken to a hospital out of an abundance of caution, police said. The 18-year-old was hospitalized in critical condition, Brown said. Price said every time she encountered Mathis mother, her daughter was always her favorite topic. CHICAGO (CBS) -- Investigators are trying to figure out what happened inside an Englewood home that led to gunfire just before 6 a.m. Tuesday. Lea este artculo en espaol en La Voz Chicago. second mass shooting Chicago has seen in the last four days. The widespread looting was captured in several videos shared to social media. She loves her daughter and her grandkids.. Subscribe to Block Club Chicago,an independent, 501(c)(3), journalist-run newsroom. Along with police, violence prevention organizations also launched a full response, immediately sending workers to the hospital and out to blocks near the shooting, said Autry Phillips, who is executive director of Target Area Development Corp. Weve been spread out since this morning, Phillips said by phone. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox. A man was shot dead in Englewood on Monday night, and a suspect is in custody, police said. CHICAGO ROCKED BY WIDESPREAD LOOTING CAUGHT ON VIDEO AFTER POLICE-INVOLVED SHOOTING. 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She knew the man who lived there and had talked to him the day before. He said there was no indication of loud music or a party taking place at the residence. Police recovered shell casings inside the house and a large capacity drum magazine.. "We've been in a pandemic for 14 months," community activist Darryl Smith said. Already subscribe? Tolbert operated a barbershop from his home after COVID-19 restrictions closed down the shop where he worked. Shermetria Williams was set to graduate from Country Club Hills Tech and Trade Center on Tuesday morning, her family said. Someone broke into the home in the 6200 block of South Morgan Street . It was inside that two-story white stone house in the 6200 block of South Morgan Street where Williams, according to family members, was one of at least four shot dead and four others injured. Officers found a 21-year-old victim inside the residence. A suspect, Cordia Blash, 37, was contacted on scene and taken into custody. Brown made similar comments that seemed to indicate he believes Foxxs office would like to decriminalize possession of illegal weapons. I dont think they value life no more. Hours later, shortly after midnight in Chicagos downtown area, hundreds of people smashed windows, stole from stores and clashed with police. The . But I remain very focused, very intentional, as does the Police Department, but also our entire team," she said. Video of police shootout in Englewood shows driver firing point-blank at Chicago police officer Both the officer and the suspect were seriously wounded. The fourth fatality was Blake Lee, 35, who lived in the home and did odd jobs in the neighborhood, relatives said. Its worse now than its ever been. Four men were wounded in three shootings on the South Side on Thursday, including a man who was shot in the chest during an argument in the Englewood neighborhood, Chicago police said. 13 people were hurt in a shooting in Englewood Sunday, and police are aggressively investigating the case. He said his daughter had been working at a seafood restaurant for about two or three months and was on the right path. But he acknowledged that young women like his daughter can be vulnerable depending on where they choose to spend time. Down the street, inside a two-story house with a gray stone front, lay Mathis and the bodies of two women and a man killed in a shooting that seriously wounded four other people early Tuesday. Denver7 News brings you breaking and developing news from Englewood, Colorado on KMGH-TV and TheDenverChannel.com. I'm concerned about the fact that there are people who are dead in an act of violence that makes no sense to me," she said. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Police are expected to provide additional details on the shooting during a press conference Monday morning.