Police said most of the people wounded in two Garfield Park shootings were teenagers.
CHICAGO, IL — Chicago police were investigating three early Sunday shooting scenes on the West Side after seven people were wounded on one Garfield Park block and a 33-year-old man was found fatally shot nearby.
The shootings added to a violent Independence Day weekend in Chicago and left detectives sorting through separate scenes that unfolded within about 25 minutes. Police had not announced any arrests by Sunday afternoon, and officials had not said whether the shootings on West Maypole Avenue were linked to the fatal shooting on West Van Buren Street.
The first reported shooting happened about 1:25 a.m. Sunday in the 3800 block of West Maypole Avenue, where police said a 17-year-old girl was standing outside when she was shot in the chest. She was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition. About nine minutes later, police said, gunfire hit at least six more people standing outside on the same block. Chicago police said Area Four detectives were handling the investigation and had not released a description of a shooter or shooters.
The second Maypole Avenue shooting injured two 17-year-old boys, an 18-year-old woman, an 18-year-old man, a 19-year-old man and a 20-year-old man. Police said one 17-year-old boy was shot in the leg and another in the neck. The 18-year-old woman was shot in the buttocks and arm, the 18-year-old man was shot in the leg, the 19-year-old man was shot in the foot and the 20-year-old man was shot several times. The six were taken to Stroger Hospital or Mount Sinai Hospital and were listed in good condition. Police did not immediately identify any of the wounded people.
At about 1:48 a.m., a man was found with several gunshot wounds on a sidewalk in the 4300 block of West Van Buren Street in West Garfield Park, just over 1 mile from the Maypole Avenue scenes. Police said the man, 33, was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition and was pronounced dead there. His name was not immediately released. Authorities said the timing and location were part of the inquiry, but they had not determined whether the fatal shooting was connected to the earlier gunfire.
The overnight cases came after other shootings during the holiday weekend. Police said two Chicago officers and a suspect were wounded Friday during a traffic stop in South Shore. Investigators said the suspect fled on foot, officers caught up with him near the 7900 block of South Chappel Avenue and a struggle followed. Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said the suspect pulled a gun from a bag and shot one officer in a protective vest before the officer returned fire. Another officer was shot in the arm. The suspect was listed in critical condition.
Police also were investigating earlier weekend shootings and deaths in several neighborhoods. A 47-year-old woman died after a Portage Park argument in which police said she disarmed a man and shot herself in the head. Officers classified that case as a homicide while they continued to investigate. In Pilsen, a 52-year-old man was found unresponsive with head injuries early Friday in the 1900 block of South Canalport Avenue and was pronounced dead at the scene. Other nonfatal shootings were reported in Englewood, Chicago Lawn, Washington Park and Auburn Gresham.
The Garfield Park shootings remained in the early stages Sunday. Police had not released information on possible weapons, vehicles, surveillance video or a motive. No charges had been filed in the Maypole Avenue or Van Buren Street cases. Detectives were expected to continue reviewing evidence from the blocks where the victims were found and from nearby streets that connect East Garfield Park and West Garfield Park.
The West Maypole Avenue block sits in a residential area west of Kedzie Avenue, not far from Garfield Park and several major West Side routes. The fatal scene on West Van Buren Street was close enough that investigators were examining the short time between the shootings. Police said the wounded teenagers and young adults were outside when they were hit, but officials had not said whether they were gathered for the holiday weekend or whether anyone in the group was targeted.
By Sunday afternoon, the 17-year-old girl remained the most seriously injured victim publicly reported from the Maypole Avenue shootings. Six others were listed in good condition, and the 33-year-old man from West Van Buren Street had died. Area Four detectives continued the investigation, with the next major update expected when police release suspect information, victim identities or charging decisions.
Author note: Last updated July 5, 2026.