At least one person has been shot dead and 13 others wounded in gun violence in Chicago this weekend. The person who was murdered was shot dead while sitting in a car on the city's West Side on Friday night.
8 shot, 1 fatally in Chicago so far this weekend
By Sun-Times Media Wire
A person was shot to death Friday evening in Austin on the West Side, police said.
The male, whose age was unknown, was shot about 5:25 p.m. as he sat in a vehicle in the 5300 block of West Van Buren Street, according to Chicago police.
Police said someone in a dark-colored vehicle pulled up and opened fire, striking the male multiple times in the body.
He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police. The Cook County medical examiner’s office has not yet identified the male.
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2 shot in Portage Park
By Sun-Times Media Wire
The men, 22 and 23, were traveling in a vehicle about 1:40 a.m. in the 4000 block of North Cicero Avenue when someone inside another vehicle
They self-transported to Community First Medical Center, police said.