Four people were shot and killed last week on the South Side.
Three of the four murders last week happened during a two-hour period Wednesday evening. Nobody has been murdered since.
Steven Marshall, DeMarco Powell and two other men were sitting in a vehicle in the 1400 block of West 73rd Place when two gunmen opened fire on them about 6:20 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said.
Powell, 28, of the 7300 block of South Laflin Street, was dead at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Marshall, 28, of the 1400 block of West 74th Street, was shot in the back and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died less than an hour later, authorities said.
Two 27-year-old men in the vehicle were also wounded, police said. One man was shot in the buttocks and the other was shot in the left shoulder. Both were hospitalized in “stable” condition.
A fifth person later told police he was hurt by flying glass from the attack, police said.
In the Auburn Gresham neighborhood, Phillip Curtis was shot in the neck, arm and abdomen in the 8700 block of South Loomis Street about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said.
Curtis, 21, of the 8600 block of South Marshfield Avenue, man was initially taken in critical condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died at 5:25 p.m., authorities said.
In the Chicago Lawn neighborhood, Jose Rodriguez was shot in the face about 7 p.m. Monday in the 6000 block of South Talman Avenue, authorities said.
Rodriquez, 30, who lived on the block, was dead at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Police said Rodriquez had documented gang affiliations.
Nobody has been charged for any of the murders.
Chicago Police reported 10 people shot, and no murders, between 6 p.m. Friday and midnight Sunday. During the same weekend last year, 24 people were shot and one person was killed.