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Three Dead, 27 Injured in Citywide Violence this Weekend

 A man was stabbed to death in Roseland, and a 17-teen-year-old boy was shot to death on the West Side Sunday. On Friday, a man died after a drive-by shooting in North Lawndale.
A man was stabbed to death in Roseland, and a 17-teen-year-old boy was shot to death on the West Side Sunday. On Friday, a man died after a drive-by shooting in North Lawndale.
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DNAinfo/ Josh McGhee

CHICAGO — A man was stabbed to death, and six shooting victims were hospitalized overnight Sunday, bringing the weekend violence toll to three dead and at least 27 wounded.

The most recent homicide was Sunday night in Roseland, where a 56-year-old man was stabbed to death in a possible domestic-related incident, police said.

About a half-hour before midnight in the 5500 block of South Michigan Avenue, three people were shot by a man on a bike, said Officer Ron Gaines, a Chicago Police Department spokesman.

An 11-year-old girl was shot in her ankle and listed in good condition at Comer Children's Hospital. A 17-year-old girl was shot in her leg and listed in good condition at Stroger Hospital, and a 19-year-old man drove himself to St. Bernard Hospital after a bullet grazed his ankle and thigh in the same incident, Gaines said.

In other nonfatal shootings overnight:

• Around 2:30 a.m. Monday, a 27-year-old man was shot in his leg while sitting outside in the 4300 block of West Van Buren Street in West Garfield Park. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition. A person is being questioned, but no one is in custody for the shooting, Gaines said.

• Around 12:30 a.m. Monday, a 26-year-old was shot in West Englewood.

• Around 10:40 p.m. Sunday, a 16-year-old boy was shot in his foot in the 1700 block of West 51st Street. He was taken to Holy Cross Hospital in good conation. Detectives are investigating, Gaines said.

Also Sunday, a 17-year-old boy was shot to death in East Garfield Park and 11 people were wounded in shootings across the city.

On Saturday, 10 people were shot, including four people shot in a car in Humboldt Park.

Friday, a 27-year-old man died after a drive-by shooting in North Lawndale.

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