Hyderabad student is a victim of gun culture in Chicago; Akbar is recuperating after surgery

HYDERABAD: Chicago's gun culture resulted in a 30-year-old student from Hyderabad suffering a bullet injury in the Albany Park neighbourhood recently.
It was not just Mohammed Akbar who was shot at on that day on December 6. In shootings that happened in different parts of the US city, as many as 13 people were injured. One victim died in the shootings. However, police find no connection between the shootings.
Why Mohammed Akbar was shot at, however, still remains a mystery.According to Chicago police sources, the assailant with a weapon walked up to Akbar and shot at him around 8.45 am. The incident took place in the 4700 block of North Whipple.
According to Itefaq Shareef, who hails from Hyderabad and lives in Chicago, Akbar has been operated upon at the Illinois Masonic Hospital. Akbar had been shot on the left cheek and after the surgery is said to be doing well. "He cannot talk for another two weeks," he informed MBT leader Amjed Ullah Khan at whose request he had gone to see Mohammed Akbar.
Ifteqar Shareef, however, said it appeared to be a gang war and Akbar was caught in the cross fire. A seriously wounded Akbar was rushed to the Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
Another news from the same hospital is that Akbar's wife delivered a baby boy. Home minister Nayani Narsimha Reddy also called the hospital to enquire about Akbar.
On the same day as Akbar was shot at, there were a number of other shooting incidents. A 26-year-old man Eric S Thomas of the US who was shot at in East Garfield Park neighbourhood died when a gunman who came in a vehicle opened fire at him. With bullet injuries on his chest and left leg, he was rushed to a hospital where he died.
In another incident at South Kedzie, a 22-year-old man suffered bullet injuries when he resisted a robbery attempt.
According to Chicago police, as reported in the local media in Chicago, four people were shot at near Wilson CTA station by two assailants who came in a vehicle. All the four were also shifted to the same Illinois Masonic Medical Centre, where Akbar was also admitted after he was shot at in another incident.
It was a case of another random shooting when a man and a minor boy was shot at in East Garfied Park neighbourhood. Like in happened in the case of Akbar, the assailant with a weapon in his hand had approached them and opened fire. Both the victims are out of danger. There were other instances of shooting too.