Each day, the dean of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications presides over back-to-back Zoom meetings to raise funds, coordinate virtual education for a global student body, and — oh yeah — debate the future of media. “People are looking to journalism schools to figure out how to save the industry,” he says. To cope with the pressure, the 62-year-old reclaimed the prepandemic time he’d spent commuting from Woodlawn to Evanston and dedicated it to his well-being.

Wake-up call

“Prior to the pandemic, I thought I was in reasonably good shape for a middle-aged man. I’m almost 6-foot-6, weighed around 216 pounds, and worked out sporadically. At my annual physical on my 60th birthday, my doctor said I could probably lose 10 pounds. That blithe remark shook me. He reminded me that diabetes runs in my family. But when my bloodwork came back and my glucose was in the normal range, I remained unconvinced, until the first few weeks of working from home. I was rolling out of bed right in time for my meetings — no shower, no shave, just sitting in front of the computer and eating chips and cookies. I’m just vain enough to say, OK, I gotta do something.”

Training routine

“Now I work out every morning for about an hour and 15 minutes. After a warm-up of running in place and jumping jacks, I do 30 minutes on the stationary bike, followed by crunches, sit-ups, and pushups. I do curls —four sets of 20 reps with 40-pound dumbbells —as well as four sets of 20 reps of kettlebell swings for shoulder development. Before I go to bed, I do a scaled-down version, sans weights — about 30 to 45 minutes of sit-ups, pushups, and biking. When I started, I could barely do 10 pushups. By the end of the year, I knocked out three sets of 30 in a span of 30 minutes. I dropped 18 pounds and lost three pants sizes.”

Breakfast bubbly

“I stopped drinking coffee during the pandemic. It wasn’t a conscious decision. I just wasn’t going by Starbucks anymore, and I don’t miss it. But I have developed a habit of pouring myself a mimosa as a pick-me-up after my workout and before my first meeting. It’s mostly orange juice, with a splash of Korbel.”

Siesta time

“Zoom was really wearing me out, so I started taking an hourlong nap between my last meeting and dinner. I didn’t realize how sleep deprived I was before, getting on the road at 7:30 p.m., not getting home until 8, then staying up to answer messages until midnight or 1 a.m. I still stay up late on email, but with the nap, I feel a lot more alert and rested.”

Racket fanatic

“I’m an avid, albeit very bad, tennis player. I try to go out a couple of times each weekend from June to late September. Finding partners to hit with has become increasingly difficult as most of my contemporaries — guys I had been playing with for the past 20 years — have complained of back and knee pain and switched to golf. I won’t: I’m committed to the frustration of trying to get better at tennis. Going out and hacking my way around the court, even if I’m just whacking balls by myself, feels tremendous.”

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“Kong bows to no one.” – Actual for-real line of dialogue from “Godzilla vs. Kong.”

When it comes to good old-fashioned movie monsters, even in this CGI world, King Kong and Godzilla would have to be No. 1 seeds in everyone’s brackets, right? Who are you going to counter with — some Creature from the Black Lagoon, or a Mothra or a Rodan or a Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster?

Come on. Don’t play.

In the incredibly loud and admittedly stupid and keenly self-aware and fantastically mindless “Godzilla vs. Kong,” you’ve got your classic matchup between the two perennial powerhouses, who first faced off in the 1962 Japanese kaiju film “King Kong v. Godzilla.” (And who knows, there might even be an upstart contender trying to muscle its way into the competition, and we’ll just leave it at that.) This is the first movie I’ve screened in a theater since last summer — under COVID-19 precautions and with just a handful of other folks spaced about the auditorium — and in a way it was the perfect B-movie vehicle for a return to the multiplex. “Godzilla vs. Kong” arrives in theaters and streams on HBO Max on March 31, and though I completely understand and respect why many moviegoers aren’t quite ready to actually GO to the movies, if the conditions are right and you’re up for it, this is definitely the kind of wonderfully escapist spectacle fare that plays best in theaters with oversized screens and teeth-rattling sound systems.

“Godzilla vs. Kong” takes place nearly 50 years after the 1970s Monsterverse epic “Kong: Skull Island” (2017) and just a few years after the events of “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” (2019), and it’s more fun if you’ve seen those two films. But we’re not exactly talking the Dark Knight trilogy or even the first three “Lethal Weapon” films here, so you’ll be just fine if you come into this one cold.

Godzilla has been chilling in the waterways the last few years, but suddenly ol’ Atomic Breath attacks the Florida base of the globally influential Apex Cybernetics (I guess Acme Corp. was already taken), seemingly without reason — though we know if a monster movie features a giant tech company, said company is probably up to something nefarious.

“Godzilla is out there and he’s hurting people and we don’t know why!” exclaims Kyle Chandler’s Dr. Mark Russell, a holdover from the 2019 film, as is Millie Bobbie Brown as Mark’s daughter Madison, who is convinced there’s something amiss at Apex and teams up with her nerdy best friend Josh (Julian Dennison) and a seemingly wacko conspiracy theorist podcaster named Bernie (Brian Tyree Henry) to expose the dark secrets of Apex and its megalomaniacal CEO Walter Simmons (Demian Bichir, basically playing a Bond villain in a monster movie). Meanwhile, on Skull Island — and they should have had a voice-over narrator saying, “Meanwhile, on Skull Island” — controversial scientist Dr. Nathan Lind (Alexander Skarsgard) pleads with Rebecca Hall’s anthropologist Dr. Ilene Andrews, a.k.a. the Kong Whisperer, to go along with a plan by which they’ll sedate Kong and transport him out to the deep sea where he can defeat Godzilla and save the planet.

Movie Law: The moment when a gigantic monster is sedated and shackled is the moment we know the sedative will wear off and the shackles will be broken as if they’re made of paper.

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Kong makes for a more sympathetic creature than Godzilla, given he’s a much more anthropomorphic entity, with a vast array of facial expressions and even the ability to communicate via sign language with a young girl named Jia (Kaylee Hottle) who is hearing and speech impaired. Godzilla is more powerful, what with the atomic breath and all, but seems dumber and definitely less cuddly. Screenwriters Eric Pearson and Max Borenstein come up with a pretty clever way to deal with that issue, while director Adam Wingard wisely peppers in one gigantic battle scene after another, with bombs bursting in air and monsters squaring off as if they’re in a heavyweight title bout. The exposition scenes are increasingly ludicrous, but credit must be given to accomplished actors such as Hall, Skarskgard, Chandler and Bichir for delivering their lines with all the seriousness they’d bring to a prestige character-driven drama. (Well, most of the seriousness.)

“Godzilla vs. Kong” is the kind of movie you can pretty much forget about almost instantly after you’ve seen it — but it’s also the kind of movie that makes you forget about everything else in your life while you’re watching it.

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Five people were killed in a pair of fiery, wrong-way crashes early Monday on the Eisenhower Expressway.

One crash happened downtown about 1:40 a.m. near Wells Street, according to Illinois State Police.

A wrong-way driver on an eastbound ramp from I-290 collided head-on with another driver, causing both vehicles to erupt in flames, state police spokeswoman Gabriela Ugarte said in an emailed statement.

Both drivers and a passenger of the struck vehicle died at the scene, Ugarte said. One of the deceased drivers was a 51-year-old Skokie man, while a deceased passenger was a 24-year-old Chicago woman, state police said.

The driver and two passengers of a third car struck by the crashing vehicles, three Chicago woman in their 20s, went to hospitals with minor injuries, Ugarte said.

The eastbound exit from I-290 was closed until 6:15 a.m., Ugarte said.

Second fatal crash at Des Plaines Avenue

A half hour earlier, another fatal wrong-way crash happened on I-290 near west suburban Forest Park.

About 1:10 a.m., a wrong-way driver in the eastbound lanes hit a car near Des Plaines Avenue, Ugarte said. Both drivers died at the scene. A passenger in the struck vehicle was hospitalized with injuries that weren’t life-threatening. Media reports showed vehicles on fire in the crash.

All eastbound lanes were closed until 6:10 a.m.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office hasn’t released the victims’ names.

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A man was killed in a drive-by shooting in West Pullman on the Far South Side Sunday evening, according to Chicago police.

He was identified as 29-year-old Marcus Dixon by the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

He was inside a vehicle in the 11900 block of South Prairie Avenue when another vehicle pulled alongside and someone inside fired shots around 6:05 p.m., police said.

He was hit several times and brought to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died, police said.

Dixon lived in the same block where the shooting occurred.

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Thursday, April 1

CHICAGO LAKE STREET

Bowen vs. Corliss at Eckersall

Butler vs. South Shore at Gately

King vs. Fenger at Gately

CHICAGO MADISON STREET

Senn at Chicago Academy

Marine vs. Foreman at Lane

Pritzker at Taft B

CHICAGO MICHIGAN AVENUE

Dyett vs. Gage Park at Stagg

CHICAGO STATE STREET

North Lawndale vs. UIC at Rockne

ILLINI BIG SHOULDERS

King vs. Fenger at Gately

Hyde Park vs. UP-Bronzeville at Gately

ILLINI HEARTLAND

Rauner vs. Steinmetz at Lane

Juarez vs. ITW Speer at Rockne

ILLINI SECOND CITY

Vocational at Brooks (canceled)

ILLINI WINDY CITY

Mather vs. Von Steuben at Winnemac

CCL/ESCC BLUE

Loyola at Brother Rice

CCL/ESCC ORANGE

St. Laurence vs. Benet at Benedictine

Nazareth at De La Salle

CCL/ESCC RED

Marian Catholic at DePaul Prep

CCL/ESCC WHITE

St. Ignatius at Joliet Catholic

Fenwick at Marmion

CSL NORTH

Highland Park at Niles North

CSL SOUTH

Glenbrook North at Maine South

FOX VALLEY

Dundee-Crown at Jacobs

Cary-Grove at Crystal Lake South (canceled)

Prairie Ridge at Crystal Lake Central

ILLINOIS CENTRAL EIGHT

Herscher at Streator

Manteno at Peotone

Wilmington at Reed-Custer

KISHWAUKEE RIVER

Marengo at Harvard

Richmond-Burton at Woodstock

Woodstock North at Johnsburg

MSL EAST

Hersey at Prospect

Buffalo Grove at Wheeling

Elk Grove at Rolling Meadows

MSL WEST

Barrington at Conant

Hoffman Estates at Schaumburg

Fremd at Palatine

NORTH SUBURBAN

Warren at Waukegan

Libertyville at Lake Forest

Mundelein at Lake Zurich

Zion-Benton at Stevenson

NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY

Grayslake Central at Round Lake

Grayslake North at Antioch

Lakes at Grant

North Chicago at Wauconda

SOUTH SUBURBAN RED

Richards at Oak Lawn

Shepard at Eisenhower

SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN BLUE

Homewood-Flossmoor at Sandburg

UPSTATE EIGHT

Bartlett at Elgin

Fenton at East Aurora

Larkin at West Chicago

South Elgin at Glenbard South

Streamwood at Glenbard East

WEST SUBURBAN GOLD

Addison Trail at Downers Grove South

Morton at Proviso East

Hinsdale South at Willowbrook

WEST SUBURBAN SILVER

Downers Grove North at Glenbard West

Proviso West at Oak Park

NONCONFERENCE

TF South at Reavis

Lisle at Coal City

Argo at Evergreen Park

Friday, April 2

CCL/ESCC GREEN

Providence at St. Rita

DUKANE

Glenbard North at Lake Park

Geneva at Batavia

St. Charles East at St. Charles North

FOX VALLEY

Hampshire at Burlington Central

Huntley at McHenry

SANGAMON VALLEY

Watseka at Seneca

SOUTH SUBURBAN BLUE

TF North at Lemont

Hillcrest at Tinley Park

Oak Forest at Bremen

SOUTHLAND

Rich at Kankakee

SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE EAST

Joliet Central at Romeoville

Plainfield East at Joliet West

Plainfield South at Plainfield Central

SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE WEST

West Aurora vs. Oswego at Plainfield North

Plainfield North at Minooka

Yorkville at Oswego East

SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN RED

Lincoln-Way Central at Lincoln-Way East

Stagg at Lincoln-Way West

Saturday, April 3

CHICAGO MICHIGAN AVENUE

Richards/Harper vs. Kelly at Stagg

CHICAGO STATE STREET

Collins vs. Clemente at Rockne

ILLINI BIG SHOULDERS

Dunbar at Lindblom

ILLINI GREAT LAKES

Comer vs. Johnson at Eckersall

Catalyst Maria at Goode

Ag. Science vs. Bogan at Stagg

ILLINI HEARTLAND

Prosser vs. Kennedy at Rockne

ILLINI LAND OF LINCOLN

Raby at Lane

Taft vs. Lincoln Park at Lane

Westinghouse vs. Phillips at Solorio

ILLINI PRAIRIE STATE

Young at Orr

Bulls Prep vs. Payton at Rockne

Clark at Solorio

ILLINI RED BIRD

Hubbard vs. Curie at Gately

Morgan Park vs. Kenwood at Gately

Perspectives vs. Simeon at Gately

ILLINI SECOND CITY

Julian vs. Washington at Eckersall

Harlan vs. Carver at Gately

ILLINI WINDY CITY

Sullivan vs. Lake View at Winnemac

Amundsen vs. Schurz at Winnemac

CCL/ESCC BLUE

Marist at Mount Carmel

CCL/ESCC PURPLE

St. Patrick at St. Viator

Marian Central at Carmel

CSL NORTH

Deerfield at Vernon Hills

Maine West at Maine East

CSL SOUTH

Evanston at New Trier

Glenbrook South at Niles West

DUKANE

Wheaton Warrenville South at Wheaton North

DUPAGE VALLEY

DeKalb at Waubonsie Valley

Naperville Central at Naperville North

INTERSTATE EIGHT

LaSalle-Peru at Plano

Morris at Ottawa

Rochell at Kaneland

Sandwich at Sycamore

METRO SUBURBAN BLUE

Aurora Christian at St. Francis

Aurora Central at Elmwood Park

IC Catholic at St. Edward

Riverside-Brookfield at Ridgewood

Wheaton Academy at Westmont

NORTHEASTERN ATHLETIC

Walther Christian at Momence

SANGAMON VALLEY

Clifton Central at Dwight

SOUTHLAND

Thornridge at Crete-Monee

Thornwood at Bloom

SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN BLUE

Lockport at Bolingbrook

SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN RED

Bradley-Bourbonnais at Andrew

NONCONFERENCE

Clemente at Marshall

Thornton at Hope Academy

York at Hinsdale Central

Chicago Christian at McNamara

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MINNEAPOLIS — A former Minneapolis police officer went on trial Monday in the death of George Floyd, which sparked outrage across the U.S. and beyond after bystander video showed Derek Chauvin press his knee on Floyd’s neck for about nine minutes as the Black man went limp.

The judge began by instructing the jury about its duties and about courtroom procedures ahead of opening statements.

A jury of 14 people will hear the case — eight who are white and six who are Black or multiracial, according to the court. Two of the 14 will be alternates. The judge has not said which ones will be alternates and which ones will deliberate the case.

Legal experts said they expected prosecutors to play the video to the jury early on.

“If you’re a prosecutor you want to start off strong. You want to frame the argument — and nothing frames the argument in this case as much as that video,” said Jeffrey Cramer, a former federal prosecutor and managing director of Berkeley Research Group in Chicago.

Floyd, 46, was declared dead after Chauvin, who is white, pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck for about nine minutes. He held his position even as Floyd’s “I can’t breathe” cries faded and he went limp as he was handcuffed and lying on his stomach on the pavement. Chauvin, 45, is charged with unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter.

Almost all of the jurors selected during more than two weeks of questioning said they had seen at least parts of the video, and several acknowledged it gave them at least a somewhat negative view of Chauvin. But they said they could set that aside.

Outside the courthouse Monday ahead of opening statements, Floyd family attorney Ben Crump said the trial would be a test of “whether America is going to live up to the Declaration of Independence.” And he blasted the idea that it would be a tough test for jurors.

“For all those people that continue to say that this is such a difficult trial, that this is a hard trial, we refute that,” he said. “We know that if George Floyd was a white American citizen, and he suffered this painful, tortuous death with a police officer’s knee on his neck, nobody, nobody, would be saying this is a hard case.”

The trial is expected to last about four weeks at the courthouse in downtown Minneapolis, which has been fortified with concrete barriers, fencing, and barbed and razor wire. City and state leaders are determined to prevent a repeat of damaging riots that followed Floyd’s death, and National Guard troops have already been mobilized.

The key questions at trial will be whether Chauvin caused Floyd’s death and whether his actions were reasonable.

For the unintentional second-degree murder charge, prosecutors have to prove Chauvin’s conduct was a “substantial causal factor” in Floyd’s death, and that Chauvin was committing felony assault at the time. For third-degree murder, they must prove that Chauvin’s actions caused Floyd’s death, and were reckless and without regard for human life. The manslaughter charge requires proof that Chauvin caused Floyd’s death through negligence that created an unreasonable risk.

Unintentional second-degree murder is punishable by up to 40 years in prison in Minnesota, with up to 25 years for third-degree murder, but sentencing guidelines suggest that Chauvin would face 12 1/2 years in prison if convicted on either charge. Manslaughter has a maximum 10-year sentence.

Chauvin’s attorney, Eric Nelson, was expected to use his opening statement tell jurors that medical testimony and use of force experts will show a different view. Nelson has made clear that the defense will make an issue of Floyd swallowing drugs before his arrest, seeking to convince the jury that he was at least partially responsible for his death.

The county medical examiner’s autopsy noted fentanyl and methamphetamine in Floyd’s system, but listed his cause of death as “cardiopulmonary arrest, complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression.”

“This case to us is a slam dunk, because we know the video is the proof, it’s all you need,” Floyd’s brother Philonise said Monday on NBC’s “Today” show. “The guy was kneeling on my brother’s neck … a guy who was sworn in to protect. He killed my brother in broad daylight. That was a modern-day lynching.”

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Chicago Blackhawks: Predators become a problem over the weekend by Vincent Parise

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Now that the Chicago Bears are a month away from the 2021 NFL Draft, offseason needs are becoming more and more glaring.

After the first few weeks of free agency, the team still has a lot of questions and very few answers. This makes not only the draft more important, but assessing the remaining free agents a priority as well.

The offseason headline, for the Bears, can be summed up by asking one simple question: “Why?”

Fans cannot comprehend how this team now has even more question marks than it did before the offseason. Signing Andy Dalton to be their starting quarterback (or so we are told) seemed like a repeat of last year’s move, acquiring Nick Foles.

Cutting Kyle Fuller made zero sense as well, when the team could have extended him in order to save money. The locker room has been a bit puzzled and upset over the past couple of weeks, according to multiple reports, and it seems that the Fuller transaction was the straw that broke the camel’s back.

So, while Ryan Pace tries to convince us all that Dalton is the guy and we should be looking forward to him winning games in 2021, fans are smarter than that. We know there are still so many holes on this roster, quarterback included.

The current free agent pool won’t provide the Bears with an answer at quarterback, unfortunately. That will have to be addressed in the draft, if Pace would be so bold. However, there are still several names available to sign, and some of them would significantly help deepen this Bears roster.

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Thirty-six people were wounded, four of them fatally, in shootings across Chicago this weekend.

The weekend was just as deadly, and saw more people shot, than a week ago when 20 people were shot in weekend gun violence.

In the last fatal shooting this weekend, a Chicago police officer killed a person during an “armed confrontation” in the Little Village neighborhood, police said.

Police responded to calls of gunfire about 2:35 a.m. in the 2400 block of South Sawyer Avenue and chased two people from an alley, Chicago police said. During the chase, an officer fatally shot a person in the chest. Another person was taken into custody.

Logan Square homicide

In other fatal attacks, 32-year-old man was shot Sunday afternoon in Logan Square on the Northwest Side. About 4:35 p.m., he was in the 3500 block of West Cortland Avenue, when he was shot in the neck and head, police said. He was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center and pronounced dead.

2 West Pullman murders

Saturday night, a 36-year-old man was fatally shot Saturday in West Pullman on the South Side. About 11:40 p.m., he was sitting in a parked vehicle in the 700 block of East 103rd Street when three male suspects approached him and one of the males fired shots, police said.

Kieer Pargo, of Englewood, died of several gunshot wounds at the University of Chicago Medical Center, authorities said.

Hours earlier, another man was killed in the same neighborhood. About 6:05 p.m., a 29-year-old man was inside a vehicle in the 11900 block of South Prairie Avenue, when a vehicle pulled alongside him and someone inside fired shots, police said. He died at a hospital.

Nonfatal attacks

Sunday night, four men were hurt in a shooting on Interstate 57 near 127th Street. The group was traveling in a vehicle about 11:45 p.m. when someone inside another vehicle fired shots, Illinois State Police said.

Four men inside the vehicle were struck by gunfire and were picked up by paramedics in the 8700 block of South State Street, state police and Chicago fire officials said.

Roseland armed robbery

Early Sunday, a 48-year-old man was shot in an attempted robbery in Roseland. He was standing outside about 12:40 a.m. in the 10500 block of South Michigan Avenue when a person approached him and demanded his money, police said. The man refused and reached for the armed suspect’s handgun, according to police.

The gunman fired a shot and struck the man in the knee before fleeing the scene, police said. The man self-transported to Roseland Community Hospital in good condition.

Shooting at Gresham funeral procession

A 31-year-old man was shot while riding in a funeral procession Saturday in Gresham on the South Side.

He was riding in a vehicle about 6:50 p.m. when someone fired shots as the procession passed through the 7600 block of South Ashland Avenue, police said. He was struck in the abdomen and arm, and rushed to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition, police said.

Teen shot in East Garfield Park

A teenage bystander was wounded in a shooting Saturday afternoon East Garfield Park on the West Side. The 17-year-old was walking about 4:30 p.m. in the 3300 block of West Ohio Street when someone in a vehicle drove by and fired shots at a nearby group of people, police said.

Someone in the group returned fire, and the boy was caught in the crossfire, taking a bullet to the chest, police said.. He was brought to Mt. Sinai Hospital in good condition, police said.

4 shot in Austin

Hours earlier, four people were wounded, two critically, in Austin on the West Side. The group was standing outside about 12:10 p.m. when someone fired shots at them in the 500 block of North Leamington Avenue, police said.

One man, 64, was struck in the leg, and another, 54, was struck in the thigh, police said. Both were taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in critical condition. A third man, 42, was grazed on the back and treated at the scene.

A fourth victim later showed up at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood with a gunshot wound to the shoulder, and was listed in good condition, police said.

East Garfield Park shooting

In the weekend’s earliest reported shooting, a man was shot Friday evening in East Garfield Park on the West Side.

The man, 22, heard shots and felt pain about 6:55 p.m. in the 3300 block of West Ohio Street, Chicago police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital with a gunshot wound to his buttocks and was listed in fair condition.

At least 20 other people were wounded in citywide shootings between 5 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Monday.

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At least 36 people were wounded in shootings across Chicago this weekend, including an armed person who was fatally shot by police early Monday in Little Village on the Southwest Side.

Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert about 2:35 a.m. in the 2400 block of South Sawyer Avenue and saw two people standing in an alley, police spokesman Tom Ahern said on Twitter.

One armed person ran from the scene and was shot by a police officer during an “armed confrontation,” Ahern said. That person was pronounced dead at the scene, police said in a statement. The other person was arrested, according to Ahern, who shared a photo of a gun allegedly recovered at the scene. No charges have been filed.

In other fatal attacks, 32-year-old man was fatally shot Sunday afternoon in Logan Square on the Northwest Side.

About 4:35 p.m., he was in the 3500 block of West Cortland Avenue, when he was shot in the neck and head, Chicago police said. He was rushed to Illinois Masonic Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. The Cook County medical examiner’s office has not yet identified the man.

A 36-year-old man was fatally shot Saturday in West Pullman on the South Side.

About 11:40 p.m., he was sitting in a parked vehicle in the 700 block of East 103rd Street when three male suspects approached him and one of the males fired shots, Chicago police said.

The man suffered gunshot wounds in the chest, arm and buttocks, police said. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified him as Kieer Pargo, of Englewood.

Also Saturday, a 29-year-old man was fatally shot Saturday on the South Side.

About 6:05 p.m., he was inside a vehicle in the 11900 block of South Prairie Avenue, when a vehicle pulled alongside him and someone inside fired shots, Chicago police said. He was struck multiple times and brought to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he died, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office has not yet identified the man.

In nonfatal shootings, a four men were critically hurt in a shooting late Sunday in Chatham on the South Side.

Just before midnight, the men were shot in the 8700 block of South State Street, Chicago Fire Department officials said.

Two men were transported in serious-to-critical condition to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, fire officials said. The others were also taken in serious-to-critical condition to the University of Chicago Medical Center.

A 48-year-old man was shot in an attempted robbery early Sunday in Roseland on the Far South Side.

He was standing outside about 12:40 a.m. in the 10500 block of South Michigan Avenue when a person approached him and demanded his money, police said. The man refused and reached for the armed suspect’s handgun, according to police.

The gunman fired a shot and struck the man in the knee before fleeing the scene, police said. The man self-transported to Roseland Hospital in good condition.

A 31-year-old man was shot while riding in a funeral procession Saturday in Gresham on the South Side.

He was riding in a vehicle about 6:50 p.m. when someone fired shots as the procession passed through the 7600 block of South Ashland Avenue, police said. He was struck in the abdomen and arm, and rushed to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition, police said.

A teenage bystander was wounded in a shooting Saturday afternoon East Garfield Park on the West Side.

The 17-year-old boy was walking about 4:30 p.m. in the 3300 block of West Ohio Street when someone in a vehicle drove by and fired shots at a nearby group of people, police said. Someone in the group returned fire, and the boy was caught in the crossfire, taking a bullet to the chest.

He was brought to Mt. Sinai Hospital in good condition, police said.

Hours earlier, four people were wounded, two critically, in Austin on the West Side.

The group was standing outside about 12:10 p.m. when someone fired shots at them in the 500 block of North Leamington Avenue, police said.

One man, 64, was struck in the leg, and another, 54, was struck in the thigh, police said. Both were taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in critical condition. A third man, 42, was grazed on the back and treated at the scene.

A fourth victim later showed up at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood with a gunshot wound to the shoulder, and was listed in good condition, police said.

In the weekend’s earliest reported shooting, a man was shot Friday evening in East Garfield Park on the West Side.

The man, 22, heard shots and felt pain about 6:55 p.m. in the 3300 block of West Ohio Street, Chicago police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital with a gunshot wound to his buttocks and was listed in fair condition.

At least 20 other people were wounded in citywide shootings between 5 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Monday.

Twenty people were shot, four fatally, last weekend in Chicago.

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