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9 Shot Dead, 43 Wounded Over Weekend

 Shootings over the weekend left nine people dead and 43 people wounded.
Shootings over the weekend left nine people dead and 43 people wounded.
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DNAinfo/Erica Demarest

CHICAGO — Another brutal weekend in Chicago's neighborhoods left nine people dead and 43 people wounded.

Of those victims, four were wounded in shootings since Sunday morning:

• At 1:47 a.m. Monday, a 26-year-old woman was shot in Garfield Park, police said. The woman was sitting in a parked car in the 4500 block of West Madison Street when another person in the car took out a gun. The woman tried to take the gun away from the person and was shot.

The woman was hit in her right hand and was taken to Loretto Hospital, where her condition was not available but she was listed as "stable," police said.

• At 12:56 a.m., a 27-year-old man was shot and critically wounded while being robbed in West Town.

• At 12:07 a.m., a 29-year-old man was shot in Ashburn, police said. The man was sitting in a parked car in the 8600 block of South Lawndale Avenue when someone got out of a car and fired shots.

The man was hit in his abdomen and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in critical condition, police said.

• At 10:24 p.m. Sunday, an 18-year-old man was shot in Englewood, police said. The man was walking in the 6400 block of South Parnell Avenue when he heard shots and felt pain. He was hit in his left leg and taken to St. Bernard Hospital, where his condition was not available but he was listed as "stable," police said.

The man was a documented gang member, a police source said.

No one was in custody in the shootings.

Four people were killed and 26 were wounded in shootings Saturday to Sunday, and shootings killed five people and wounded 13 between Friday and Saturday.