37 shot, 4 fatally, in violent weekend in Chicago

2019-10-22
Source: abc 7
by: Jennie Taer

Mayor Lori Lightfoot by MacLean Center is licensed under Wikimedia Commons Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license

CHICAGO -- Shootings across the city of Chicago this past weekend left four people dead and at least another 37 people wounded.

According to Chicago Police Department Spokesperson Anthony Guglelmi, this has been the city's most violent weekend since Labor Day weekend.

The latest fatal shooting killed a man Monday in Austin on the West Side.

Three men were standing on the sidewalk about 12:05 a.m. in the 5500-block of West North Avenue when someone in a vehicle unleashed gunfire, Chicago police said.

A 24-year-old man was shot in the head and chest, police said. He was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital.

Source: abc 7

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