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Two Dead, Eight Wounded in City Shootings

By Mina Bloom | August 16, 2014 10:53am | Updated on August 16, 2014 6:53pm
 A 16-year-old girl was killed in West Englewood, and a man was killed near police headquarters.
A 16-year-old girl was killed in West Englewood, and a man was killed near police headquarters.
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CHICAGO — A 16-year-old girl and a 25-year-old man were killed and at least eight others were wounded in shootings across the city since Friday evening.

Police found the 16-year-old girl shot to death in West Englewood around 12:50 a.m. Saturday.

Around 11:35 p.m. Friday, a man, 25, was fatally shot one block of east of Chicago Police Department headquarters in Bronzeville, Pacheco said.

In the most recent shooting, a 17-year-old boy was shot in Humboldt Park, police said. The boy was shot about 5:10 p.m. in the 500 block of North Hamlin Avenue, police said. No more information was available.

In other shootings:

• A 33-year-old man was shot in East Side about 11:25 a.m. Saturday morning. The man was walking in 9800 block of South Avenue L when someone in a dark vehicle pulled up and fired shots, striking him in the chest, police said. The man was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in "stable" condition, police said.

• A man was shot and critically wounded in West Town around 3 a.m.

• Around 1:45 a.m., two people, including a 19-year-old woman, were shot in Austin.

The woman and a man, 27, were standing on a corner with a group in the 1600 block of North Mason Street when they heard shots and felt pain, according to Officer Ana Pacheco, a police spokeswoman.

The 19-year-old girl was struck in her thigh, while the man was struck in his leg. Both were taken to West Suburban Hospital where they are in stable condition, Pacheco said.

Both victims have documented gang ties, authorities said.

• About an hour earlier, a 22-year-old man was shot in Roseland. 

He was a passenger in a car stopped at a red light in the 10200 block of South State Street when someone approached on foot and opened fire, striking him in his buttocks and his ankle, Pacheco said.

He fled the scene in his car and notified police, Pacheco said. He was then taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center where he is in stable condition.

No one is in custody for this shooting.

• Ten minutes earlier, two men were shot in Pullman. 

The men, 32 and 19, were outside with a group in the 9800 block of South Ellis Avenue when shots were fired. The 32-year-old was struck in his leg and back and the 19-year-old in his abdomen and buttocks, Pacheco said. 

Both were taken to Christ where they are in stable condition.

The 19-year-old has documented gang ties, according to police.

Two men were shot on the South Side during daylight hours Friday. That followed at least eight people wounded and one man killed in shootings from Thursday night into Friday.

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