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Shootings Kill 2 People, Wound 5 Since Friday, Police Say

By Kelly Bauer | December 10, 2016 8:42am
 Shootings have killed two people and wounded five since Friday, police said.
Shootings have killed two people and wounded five since Friday, police said.
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CHICAGO — Shootings have killed two people and wounded five since Friday, police said.

• At 10:01 p.m. Friday, a 34-year-old man was shot dead during a fight inside a home in Chatham.

• At 3:17 p.m., a 19-year-old man was gunned down in Austin.

In non-fatal shootings:

• At 6:21 a.m. Saturday, a 28-year-old man was shot in Roseland, police said. The man was in the 9100 block of South Wentworth Avenue when he was shot in his upper right thigh.

The man was taken to Little Company of Mary Hospital by people he knew, police said. He was in serious condition and was transferred to Advocate Christ Medical Center.

No further information was immediately available.

• At 3:30 a.m., a 32-year-old man was shot during an attempted robbery in Washington Park, police said. The man was walking on the sidewalk in the 5900 block of South Calumet Avenue when two men confronted him and said they were robbing him.

One of the men had a gun, and the victim swatted at it, police said. The gun went off, hitting the victim in his right foot. The robbers ran away without taking anything.

The man was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition, police said.

• At 9:50 p.m. Friday, a 16-year-old boy was shot in West Englewood.

• At 5:32 p.m., a 50-year-old man was shot in North Lawndale, police said. The man was walking in the 1100 block of South Francisco Avenue when someone in a white car fired shots.

The man was hit in his arm and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition, police said.

• At 5:26 p.m., a 20-year-old man was shot in Austin, police said. The man was standing outside in the 1600 block of North Cicero Avenue when a car drove up and someone inside fired shots at the man.

The man was hit in his shoulder and hip and was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital in critical condition, police said.

No one was in custody in these shootings unless otherwise noted.

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