Jeffery Whiters, Chicago Man, Fatally Shot As 6 More Wounded By Gunfire Since Friday Evening

Shootings Leave 1 Dead, 6 Hurt Since Friday Evening

SOUTH DEERING — One man was killed and six others were wounded in shootings across the South and West sides since Friday evening.

A 34-year-old man was fatally shot in the South Deering neighborhood early Saturday morning.

About 12:15 a.m., Jeffery Whiters was standing on the sidewalk in the 2400 block of East 100th Street when he was shot in his right thigh and left side, authorities said.

Whiters, of the 1200 block of West 74th Place, was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where he was pronounced dead at 2:47 a.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

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