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Three Killed, Nine Wounded Monday and Tuesday

By Josh McGhee | August 6, 2013 9:33am
 Three people were killed and nine were wounded Monday and Tuesday, police said. File photo.
Three people were killed and nine were wounded Monday and Tuesday, police said. File photo.
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WEST PULLMAN— Two brothers shot and killed in West Pullman early Tuesday morning were among three people killed and nine others wounded in violence across the city since Monday afternoon.

The brothers, a 35-year-old man and a 38-year-old man, were found shot inside a car in the 100 block of East 120th Street around 3:40 a.m. Tuesday morning, said Officer John Mirabelli, a police spokesman.

Earlier Monday afternoon, a 25-year-old man was shot dead in the 6600 block of South Claremont Avenue in Chicago Lawn, police said.

In other violence:

• A 34-year-old man was shot in his stomach in the 5100 block of South Prairie in Grand Boulevard at 1:03 a.m. He was taken to Stroger Hospital in stable condition, Gaines said.

• Around 11:46 p.m. Monday, a 36-year-old woman was shot multiple times in the 6100 block of South Rockwell in West Englewood. She is in critical condition at Christ Hospital, Gaines said.

• About the same time, a 38-year-old man was shot in his stomach and arm just blocks away in the 5800 block of South Wolcott in West Englewood around 11:45 p.m. The man was taken to Stroger Hospital in stable condition, Gaines said.

• Around 8 p.m., two people were shot in the 4800 block of Adams Boulevard in South Austin. A woman, 26, was shot in her foot and a man, 23, was shot in his left foot. Both victims walked into Stroger Hospital in stable condition, Gaines said.

• At 5:51 p.m. Monday, an 18-year-old man was shot in his arm in the 5000 block of South Oakley in New City. He was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital. The shooting was a possible drive-by, Gaines said.

• At 5:03 p.m. Monday, a 21-year-old man was shot in his groin in 11600 block of South Loomis Avenue in West Pullman. The man was taken to Christ Hospital in good condition, Gaines said.

• Two people suffered stab wounds in what might have been a domestic dispute in the 800 block of East 65th Street in Woodlawn around 4:52 p.m., Gaines said. A 19-year-old woman was stabbed and taken to University of Chicago Hospital along with a man stabbed multiple times in his shoulder, Gaines said.

Emily Morris contributed.