5 Dead, 23 Hurt Over Violent Holiday Weekend

Jennifer Schwarz
NBC Chicago
July 5, 2011

Chicago turned violent over the holiday weekend as five men were killed and more than 20 were injured in shootings and stabbings since Friday.

The deaths began Friday afternoon:

* Police found 21-year-old David Caradine unresponsive in a van on the 1300 block of South independence Boulevard around 2:30 p.m. Friday. Cause of death unlisted.

* Javone Oliphant was one of two men shot multiple times on the 1300 block of West Hastings Street around 11:30 p.m. Friday. Oliphant was pronounced dead at 12:09 a.m. Saturday at John H. Stroger Hospital.

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This article was posted: Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at 10:45 am

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