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Three Dead, 16 Wounded in Citywide Shootings Saturday Night, Sunday

By Erica Demarest | April 20, 2014 9:50am | Updated on April 20, 2014 9:09pm

CHICAGO — A violent Easter weekend continued unabated Sunday, with gunfire killing three and injuring at least 16 others Saturday night and Sunday.

The most recent shootings injured four children, including an 11-year-old girl, who was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition.

Earlier in the weekend, five people were killed and 15 wounded — for a total of seven dead, 22 wounded on Easter weekend.

The most recent fatal shootings happened about 5 a.m. Sunday, when two law-enforcement officers were killed in an apparent murder-suicide, police sources said. In Little Village, a 33-year-old man was shot dead about 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon in an incident that also wounded another man.

In other shootings:

• Around 3:30 p.m., two men were shot in the 6800 block of  South Laflin Street in Englewood. One man, 25, was shot in the shoulder and taken to Advocate Christ Hospital in serious condition. The second man, 20, was shot in the face and treated at Mount Sinai Hospital, police said.

• Two men were shot in the 8300 block of South Ada Street in Gresham Sunday morning, police said. Both men, 27 and 30, were shot in the back at 9:06 a.m. They were taken to Advocate Christ Hospital in serious condition, police said.

• Two men were shot in Altgeld Gardens about 2:40 a.m Sunday, police said. The victims were standing in a courtyard in the 1000 block of East 132nd Street when someone opened fire.

A 39-year-old man was shot in his upper left thigh, while a 29-year-old man was shot in his left buttocks. Both were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in stable condition.

One of the victims has gang ties and both were "extremely uncooperative," police said.

• A 34-year-old man was shot during a violent Little Village attack about 2:30 a.m. Sunday, police said. The victim was standing with another man in the 2700 block of South Kildare Avenue when two men walked up with baseball bats.

The men began beating the victim and his companion with the bats, police said, before one of the attackers pulled a gun and opened fire. The 34-year-old man was shot in his left thigh and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital. Police said the attack was gang-related.

• About an hour earlier, a 25-year-old man was shot in his lower abdomen several blocks away, police said. The man was walking on the sidewalk in the 2400 block of South Hamlin Avenue when someone inside a dark SUV opened fire about 1:30 a.m. Sunday.

The victim was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in stable condition. Police said the victim was a self-admitted gang member, and the attack appears gang-related.

• A 22-year-old man is in serious condition after he was shot in his face, chest and forearm during a fight about 10 p.m. Saturday night, police said.

The man was standing on the sidewalk with a group of males in the 7200 block of South Perry Avenue in Greater Grand Crossing, police said. His group was arguing with another group of males, who stood across the street.

Someone opened fire, striking the victim. He was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition. Police said the fight was gang-related.

• A 16-year-old boy was shot in his upper back in South Shore about 9:30 p.m. Saturday, police said. The teen was driving a Nissan Sentra in the 7600 block of South Dorchester Avenue when someone on the sidewalk began shooting. The teen drove himself to Advocate Trinity Hospital.

• In Chicago Lawn, a 16-year-old boy was shot about 7:15 p.m. Saturday, police said. The boy was in an alley in the 5900 block of South Maplewood Avenue when someone opened fire. The teen was struck in his back and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in stable condition.

No one was in custody for any of the shootings.