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Man Killed in Pilsen Among Eight Shot Friday Night, Saturday

By DNAinfo Staff on February 1, 2014 8:26am  | Updated on February 1, 2014 3:06pm

 Eight people were shot, one fatally, Friday night and Saturday.
Eight people were shot, one fatally, Friday night and Saturday.
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CHICAGO — A man killed in Pilsen was among eight people shot since Friday night, police said.

Other shootings occurred in Logan Square, Greater Grand Crossing and Englewood.

Francisco Ruffino, 22, who was a passenger in a car, was shot in his head while in the 1800 block of West 19th Street at 10:30 p.m. Friday, said Officer Michael Sullivan, a police spokesman.

The 28-year-old driver of the car was shot in his right arm. Both were taken to University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago.

While the driver stabilized there, the younger man was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 3:19 a.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

His identity hasn't been released yet, but the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office said he lived in Pilsen.

The shooting is believed to be gang-related.

In shootings in other neighborhoods:

• In Englewood, a 23-year-old man was shot in the chest about 12:15 p.m. Saturday in the 1100 block of West 63rd Street, police said. He was taken in good condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.

• A 22-year-old man said he was standing on the sidewalk in the 7500 block of South Rhodes Avenue when he was shot in his right leg about 3 a.m. He checked himself into Provident Hospital.

• Two men, both 20, were shot while in the 1200 block of West 72nd Street about 1:30 a.m., said Officer Michael Sullivan. One man was shot in his chest, while the other was shot in his leg. Both were taken to Stroger.

• Two men, both 34, were shot in their heads when a light-colored SUV passed the light-colored sedan they were inside in the 3200 block of West Armitage Avenue about 12:45 a.m. Saturday, Sullivan said.

They both arrived at St. Mary Hospital and were transported to Stroger.

The driver was shot twice in his head and was in critical condition Saturday morning, which the other man's graze wound to the head has "stabilized."

That shooting is believed to be gang-related.