A total of six people were shot, one fatally, in two shootings on the South Side, officials said.
In the first shooting, two 19-year-old men were reported shot on the 1100 block of West 51st Street, police said. The Shooting was reported at 6:11 p.m., said Chicago Fire Department Chief Joseph Roccasalva.
The men were both taken in serious-to-critical condition to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County.
One of the men was reportedly shot in the back and the second man was shot in the hand, leg, side and buttocks, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer VeeJay Zala.
Minutes after that shooting, four people were shot on the 4200 block of South Wells Street at 6:21 p.m., said Roccasalva.
Two of the victims were taken in serious-to-critical condition to Stroger Hospital, one person was taken to Mercy Hospital in fair-to-serious condition and one person was reported dead on the scene, said Roccasalva.
All of the victims were male, reportedly between the ages of 20 and 30 years of age, said Roccasalva.
About 20 onlookers gathered on sidewalks and stoops in the 4200 block of South Wells Street where beat cops and detectives were going door to door scouring for witnesses.
A female voice could be heard screaming down the block. Two others were consoling each other with tears in their eyes in the middle of the street.
One officer approached a group of people outside the yellow tape and asked loudly, "Did anybody see anything?"
Nobody said anything back to the officer as she walked away from them.
Rolita Lofton, 34, stood crying at the edge of the police tape Friday night near the shooting site on Wells Street.
"They hit my brother in the chest," Lofton said.
Lofton said her brother, Orivell Chester, 32, was one of the four shot Friday night.
Lofton said she was told her brother was in surgery but did not know the hospital. She said Chester worked at McCormick Place and recently got off work.
Marcus Keene, 38, said he heard the shooters came through the gangway on Wells Street and just started shooting at a group of men gathered on the porch.
He said two of the men shot were on the porch while the other two shot were sitting on the couch inside the next house over. Keene said he believes one of the men who were struck while inside the house has already died.
Keene, who works as a CTA bus driver, expressed frustration.
"Why? Who knows. Is this sad? Yes. The powers at be aren't doing what they should do and neither are the people here," Keene said.
Several police vehicles and an amblance was also stationed on the block full of two-story apartment houses.
Linda McCullough was watching television at her home when she heard about five gunshots. She then went outside to see what was going on.
She says the neighborhood is usually quiet.
"We have some trouble maybe every four years," she said. "People start acting crazy."
In addition to those shootings, a man was found dead on the 8200 block of South Dobson, police said.
The victim may have been dead for several weeks and was found in a half-way house, a police source said. The man sustained several gunshot wounds, police said.
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