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One Killed, Three Hurt in Shootings

By Geoff Ziezulewicz | February 16, 2013 9:27am
 One person was killed and three injured in Chicago shootings Friday night and early Saturday.
One person was killed and three injured in Chicago shootings Friday night and early Saturday.
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CHICAGO — One person was killed and three others injured in separate shootings Friday night and early Saturday.

A woman in her 20s was found by police lying on a sidewalk with a gunshot wound to her back at about 7 p.m. Friday on the 1100 block of North Pulaski Road, police said.

The victim, who has yet to be identified, was taken to Mt. Sinai hospital and pronounced dead there at 8:16 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

A man in his 20s suffered a gunshot wound to the arm at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday on the 1100 block of South St. Louis Avenue in North Lawndale, police said.

Two men were shot at about 7:30 p.m. Friday on the 7800 block of South Merrill Avenue in the South Shore neighborhood, police said.

A 20-year-old was shot in the knee and taken to Stroger hospital in stable condition, police said.

A 19-year-old was shot in the left leg and taken to South Shore hospital in stable condition, according to police.

The shootings appear to be gang related, police said.