Update: At Least 5 Shot, 3 Dead Overnight

Saturday, June 5th (1)


Patricia Clark
51 years old
Clark was shot at about 8:30 p.m. Thursday in the 9300 block of South Ridgeland Avenue. She was playing cards at the residence when an argument flared between her and a female friend. The friend went into a back bedroom, grabbed a gun, and shot the victim multiple times. The woman was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn on Thursday, but she died from her injuries at 8:41 p.m. Saturday. The woman who shot the victim is in police custody.

Sunday June 6th (2)


Shannon Byars
39 years old
Byars was shot to death early this morning in the Englewood neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. At about 12:45 a.m., police responded to shots fired in the 5600 block of South Morgan Avenue and found the wounded man. The victim, who was shot in the leg and chest, was taken to Stroger Hospital. He was pronounced dead at 1:35 p.m.


Dwoyne Baker
29 years old
At about 10:48 p.m., officers responded to reports of shots fired on the 7900 block of South Brandon Avenue in the city's South Chicago neighborhood. When they arrived, they found Baker with a gunshot wound to his head, shot to death. He is listed as living in the block where he was gunned down. He was pronounced dead at 11:39 p.m. at South Shore Hospital, said the spokeman. A witness told police that Baker was hit by gunfire from a passing vehicle.