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Two More Die Monday, Bringing Weekend Gun Violence Deaths to 10

By DNAinfo Staff on June 17, 2013 7:40pm

  Luis Santana, 21, was shot in West Town and   Alexander Lagunas, 18, was shot in   South Lawndale. (File photo)
Luis Santana, 21, was shot in West Town and  Alexander Lagunas, 18, was shot in  South Lawndale. (File photo)
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CHICAGO — Two people shot among dozens over Father's Day weekend died of their injuries Monday, bringing the number killed by weekend gun violence to 10.

Luis Santana, 21, of the 1900 block of West Ogden Avenue, and Alexander Lagunas, 18, of the 8100 block of South Scottsdale Avenue, died of gunshot wounds they suffered Sunday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

Santana was one of two men in their early 20s shot about 1:05 a.m. Sunday in the 1100 block of North Campbell Avenue in West Town, police said.

Another car drove alongside them and fired shots, sending a bullet to Santana's head and another to the other man's buttocks.

Santana was pronounced dead at Stroger at 1:15 p.m., the morgue said.

The other man was reported in "stable" condition at Stroger Hospital from the Ukranian Village shooting.

In another fatal incident, Lagunas and a 22-year-old woman was shot in South Lawndale about 12:30 a.m. Sunday, Mirabelli said.

They were in car in the 3100 block of South Pulaski Road when a gray Jeep pulled up and someone inside opened fire.

Both victims were rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital.

Lagunas was pronounced dead at the hospital at 10:08 a.m. Monday.

The woman, who was shot in her hip, was listed as stable.

Among others killed by bullets this weekend were Antwoyn Johnson, 24, and, Michael Westley, 15, both shot to death by police.