Chicago Unending Negro Violence - At least 3 Murdered - At least 10 Shot & Wounded last 24 Hours - Including a murder in a River West Gym

A suspect surrendered to police after a man was shot to death Wednesday evening in a gym at a residential high-rise building on the Near West Side.

The person surrendered about 8 1/2 hours after a 45-year-old man was shot in the head around 7:05 p.m. in the 500 block of West Kinzie Street, near the Chicago River's North Branch, police said. The victim was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

No charges had been filed early Thursday.

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Three colored men with checkered pasts have been shot to death on the West Side since mid-afternoon Wednesday, including one who a witness said was shot in a high-rise workout room, police said.

In addition to those killed, at least 10 other people have been wounded in shootings in Chicago since mid-morning Wednesday, according to police.

About 7:05 p.m., a 45-year-old man was shot multiple times in the 500 block of West Kinzie Street in the Fulton River District on the Near West Side, police said. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead there.

A person of interest in the shooting turned himself in at police headquarters at about 3:30 a.m. Thursday, according to police.

Earlier, about 4:30 p.m., a 32-year-old man was shot to death in the 3600 block of West Division Street in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, said Officer Thomas Sweeney, a police spokesman. At least two attackers entered a business and fired shots before fleeing, leaving the man with multiple gunshot wounds.

The man, who was a known gang member, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The man died in the store slumped face-down against a counter wearing a white jacket. Police closed off the area in front of the store.

Neighbors gathered on the corner of Lawndale Avenue and Division Street. At one point, a man ran to the scene and ducked under police tape before police pushed him back, asking him to let them do their jobs.

Earlier, a man was shot to death outside on a commercial block in the Austin neighborhood, police said. The 22-year-old man was shot around 1:55 p.m. in the 300 block of North Central Avenue and pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

According to police, the man was walking on the block when someone approached him and shot him multiple times.

The homicide happened not long before nearby schools let out, and the man was killed on a city Safe Passage route, so workers in fluorescent vests stood back watching the scene with a few dozen other curious onlookers.

Police closed Central in both directions, and when it came time to load the body into a squadrol, they positioned cars around the body so people would have a hard time seeing.

Central just south of the Green Line, where the shooting took place, is lined for about a block with stores -- the Shoe Shine King, in front of which the victim fell -- a couple grocery stores and a clothing store.

The crowd occasionally jeered police, who didn't respond. A couple separated from the crowd to mourn alone in a nearby parking lot.

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