9 people — including 3 in car caravan in Brighton Park — fatally shot overnight in Chicago, police say. Teen in North Lawndale also among the victims.

Three people in a large car caravan in the Brighton Park neighborhood were among nine people fatally shot overnight in Chicago, police said.

A 16-year-old boy shot in North Lawndale was another victim, according to police.

In a news conference Sunday morning, 9th District Commander Don Jerome said three people were killed and two wounded in a car caravan shooting at the intersection of South Archer Avenue and South Kedzie Avenue in the Brighton Park neighborhood early Sunday.

About 4 a.m., officers responded to the 4300 block of South Kedzie Avenue, where vehicles were drifting in the middle of the street. According to the city code, drifting refers to when a driver purposely makes a vehicle “spin, skid, slide, turn abruptly or sway” upon acceleration or braking, often to make circles or figure eights.

A shot spotter alerted at least 13 rounds had been fired. As initial police units arrived, officers discovered five people shot. Three succumbed to their injuries.

All the people shot at the caravan were males, Jerome said, and those who died were between 15 to 20 years old and had no gang affiliation. The two people injured were in serious condition at Mount Sinai Hospital, he added, “but they are expected to recover.” Detectives recovered casings but no guns on scene.

“There were several calls of car caravans citywide, all over, this was the first we responded to in the 9th District. … I don’t know the specifics of the other car caravans,” Jerome said. “Caravans (are) a semi-recent phenomenon where they gather throughout different points of the city, and there were several others last night of no consequence.”

In another shooting Saturday night, a 16-year-old was standing outside in the 1200 block of South Fairfield Avenue at approximately 8:20 p.m. when two men climbed out of a dark-colored sedan and shot at him, police said. The men then returned to the car and fled the scene. The teen was struck once on his back and paramedics transported him to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:03 p.m. The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified the boy Sunday morning as Rishiwn Hendricks of the 1200 block of South Washtenaw Avenue.

A 13-year-old girl was also in the area when the shooting of the 16-year-old occurred, and she was shot twice in the neck. She was transported to Stroger Hospital in good condition. No arrests had been made as of Sunday morning in connection to the shooting, and detectives are investigating.

Shortly after, police responded to a call of a person shot at approximately 8:23 p.m. in Austin. Officers found a man with a gunshot wound to the head in the 500 block of North Leclaire Avenue. A woman who was at home and heard a loud noise outside had discovered him. The man was pronounced dead on scene at 8:34 p.m. According to information by the medical examiner’s office, the victim has been identified as 18-year-old Joshua Stokes of the 3900 block of West Polk Street. No one was in custody as of Sunday morning and detectives are investigating, police said.

Approximately one hour later, police found a male victim unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 7200 block of South Phillips Avenue. According to information by the medical examiner’s office, the unidentified man was 63 years old. He was transported to UChicago Medicine, where he was pronounced at 9:52 p.m. No one was in custody as of Sunday morning and the shooting remains under investigation.

At 9:32 p.m., officers responded to a verbal altercation between two 31-year-olds in the 8300 block of South Marshfield in Auburn Gresham. One of them took out a gun and shot the other multiple times. The victim suffered gunshot wounds to his back and his head. He was transported to Advocate Christ Medical Center in critical condition, where he was pronounced at 9:55 p.m. Police were able to apprehend the offender on scene. Detectives are investigating.

A 37-year-old man was inside a residence in the 4600 block of West 87th Street when another man shot at him at around 2:05 a.m. Sunday. The offender then fled the scene on foot. The 37-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen and paramedics transported him to Christ Advocate Medical Center, police said, where he was pronounced at 2:55 a.m., according to information by the medical examiner’s office. No one was in custody as of Sunday morning and detectives are investigating.

At 4:14 a.m. Sunday, a 29-year-old man was found unresponsive in the 4900 block of South King Drive, according to police. He had suffered a gunshot wound to the chest and was pronounced on scene. No arrests had been made as of Sunday morning, and area detectives are investigating, police said.

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