SHOOTING OF 3 AT HOME INVESTIGATED AS SELF-DEFENSE

8killed by gunfire over weekend in Chicago

Eight people were killed and at least 27 others have been wounded in separate shootings across Chicago since Friday night.

Three people were killed in the most recent fatal shooting, which happened at 5: 32 p. m. Sunday in the East Side neighborhood on the Far South Side. Two males and one female, whose ages were unknown, were shot in the 10200 block of South Ewing and pronounced dead at the scene, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Their identities had not been released.

A police source said a man shot the three people after they broke into his home. No charges have been filed against the homeowner, who had a valid Firearm Owner’s Identification card.

Police entered the residence and found the homeowner locked in a basement bedroom and the bodies of the three people on the ground, NBC5 News reported. Police were investigating the shooting as self- defense.

It was unclear whether the intruders were armed, NBC5 reported. No other injuries were reported in the shooting.

Ivan Real, who told NBC5 he is a close friend of the homeowner, said there have been a lot of home invasions in the neighborhood recently.

“There have been a lot of home invasions in this area, so that didn’t come to me as a surprise, but I’m flabbergasted because it happened to one of my close friends,” Real told NBC5 News. I’m really just concerned for my friend and glad he’s OK.”

About 11: 20 a. m. Sunday, twomen were killed in a shooting in the 200 block of South Laramie in the West Side Austin neighborhood. The men, ages 34 and 46, were standing outside when two people walked up and fired shots, police said.

Deputy Chief Al Nagode said one of the victims was believed to be a member of a nearby church.

A man was shot to death in the North Side Uptown neighborhood at 6: 52 a. m. Sunday. He was in the 1000 block of West Montrose when a black vehicle approached and someone wearing a black hooded sweatshirt exited the vehicle and opened fire, police said.

At 12: 24 a. m. Sunday, a 27- yearold woman was shot to death in the 1400 block of West 54th Street in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. Officers responded to a call of shots fired and found the woman lying on the sidewalk, police said.

Last weekend, three people were killed and 27 others were wounded in shootings across Chicago.