As Darryn Powell tried to make sense of a crime scene near his Back of the Yards home Monday night, he knew whatever happened meant his job had just gotten harder.



"There just ain't no more love out here anymore," he said, wearing a jacket with the word "Nonviolence" printed on the front. Powell works as an outreach coordinator in his neighborhood for the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago.



An 18-year-old man had been shot in the left shoulder and right side about 11:40 p.m. in the 5200 block of South Peoria Street, near where Powell lives. The teen was taken in serious condition to Stroger Hospital. Police did not release details about what led to the shooting.



At least three cars appeared to have been involved in a crash on Peoria. A silver van sat at the edge of an alley with front-end damage. A handgun with an extended magazine could be seen on the ground near the van's driver-side door.



It was one of three guns recovered by officers, according to a law enforcement source. Multiple shell casings were found along the block.



Officers blocked off part of the 5200 block of Green Street, where the 18-year-old man was found, and a nearby alley where other evidence was discovered.



Late Monday, Powell heard what sounded like gunshots from an automatic weapon. "Something that don't belong in the street," he said.



He grew up in the South Side neighborhood, and he thinks people end up both victims and perpetrators of violent crime because of systematic problems like the lack of financial opportunities. He also said more people need to be given second chances.



He believes all the vacant buildings in the neighborhood make people feel like they're not part of the city. Monday night's shooting occurred near a boarded-up apartment building and along a vacant lot.



As Powell watched the crime scene, two boys and a woman walked by and asked if anyone had been killed or wounded. The boys had heard gunfire for the past three nights. Powell told them he didn't know who had been shot.



"Tomorrow we wake up hopeful it's not someone we know," he said.



Six other people, including four teenage boys, were wounded in attacks from Monday to early Tuesday in Chicago, police said.



• In Lawndale on the West Side, a 34-year-old man was shot just after 3:40 a.m. Tuesday while in his vehicle in the 1500 block of South Sawyer Avenue. He was talking to a woman when someone approached and shot him in the arm, police said. The victim drove to the intersection of Sawyer Avenue and Ogden Avenue, near the 10th District station, and sought help. He was taken in good condition to Mount Sinai Hospital.



• In the North Side's Lincoln Park area, an 18-year-old man was shot during an attempted robbery near the DePaul University campus. About 11:45 p.m. Monday, he was walking near the 2600 block of North Sheffield Avenue when two men, one armed with a gun, approached and demanded his belongings. The 18-year-old man was shot in the left leg as he tried to run away. He went to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was listed in good condition.



• On the Southwest Side, a 17-year-old boy was shot in the neck about 4:30 p.m. in the 2800 block of West 64th Street in the Marquette Park neighborhood, police said. The assailant approached the 17-year-old and fired shots into the vehicle where he was sitting, police said. The boy got to Holy Cross Hospital and was transferred to Mount Sinai Hospital in serious condition, police said. Two persons of interest were being questioned, police said.



• About 9:10 a.m. on the Southwest Side, a 16-year-old boy was shot in the left leg while walking in an alley in the 6800 block of South Washtenaw Avenue, police said. A black van drove down the alley and someone inside opened fire, police said. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in good condition, police said. The shooting took place near the Amandla Charter School for junior high and high school students.



• On the Northwest Side just before 7 a.m., two boys, 15 and 16, were each shot in the leg in the 1600 block of North Austin Boulevard in the Galewood neighborhood, police said. Their conditions were not immediately available.