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Violent Incidents Take 4 More Lives On Monday

CHICAGO (STNG) ― A weekend fraught with bloodshed has ended, but the violence has not, as police report four people have been murdered and eight more have been injured in seven separate incidents since midnight Monday.


 Map Of The Shootings





Two of the deaths and seven of the injuries were the result of gun violence.

Edward Black, 25, of 3132 W. Fulton St., was fatally shot in the chest about 12:33 a.m. Monday at 750 S. Karlov Ave. in the West Side's Lawndale neighborhood.

About 3:30 p.m. Monday, a 43-year-old man was shot in the hand in the 200 block of North Laramie Avenue and was taken to Loretto Hospital in good condition, police News Affairs said.

Four more people were shot, one fatally, during a shootout at a McDonalds near at 7601 S. Vincennes Avenue about 7:30 p.m. Monday. 28-year-old Lesley Bonds, of 12047 S. Princeton Ave. was killed in the shooting, the Cook County Medical Examiner's office said.

Three other men, including the 25-year-old alleged shooter, were seriously injured. The 25-year-old alleged shooter and a 30-year-old were in custody for the shooting early Tuesday, News Affairs said.

Just 30 minutes later at about 8 p.m., a man was found with a gunshot wound to the leg in a South Side alley near 1532 W. 62nd St. He was taken in serious condition to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County.

On the West Side, two teens were injured after being shot near Chicago and Hamlin avenues. A 17-year-old was shot in the shoulder and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in serious condition and a 19-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the foot and was hospitalized in "stable" condition at Norwegian-American Hospital.

Just before midnight Monday, a 16-year-old boy and an 18-year-old boy were stabbed at 7354 S. Stony Island Ave. The 16-year-old died of a stab wound to the chest at 12:53 a.m. at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital and a 53-year-old man is in custody early Tuesday, police News Affairs said.

Police believe the two teens grabbed the 53-year-old man on the street and the man then stabbed the two teens, according to News Affairs. Calumet Area detectives said the man would probably be released from custody.

In another incident of violence, 30-year-old Sophia Garcia was pronounced dead Monday about 2:15 p.m. after she was found hanging with a plastic bag over her head in her home at 1721 N. Harding Ave., the medical examiner's office said. According to police News Affairs, police are investigating the death as a homicide, though it is not clear how Garcia died. An autopsy is planned for later Tuesday.

An Amber Alert remains in effect Tuesday morning for her three children, Oscar Casanova, 6, Karla Casanova, 7, and Fernando Casanova, 11, as well as for their suspected abductor, Benito O. Casanova, who is described as Garcia's husband or boyfriend.

Wentworth, Harrison, Calumet and Grand Central Area detectives are investigating the incidents.

Thirty-seven people were shot, including 13 public school students, and two other people were stabbed in Chicago over the weekend. Seven of those people suffered fatal gunshot wounds.

(Source: Sun-Times News Group Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2008. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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