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4 Dead, 24 Wounded in Weekend Chicago Violence [View all]
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/4-dead-24-wounded-weekend-chicago-violence-n96851At least 28 people have been shot in Chicago, four of them fatally, since Friday afternoon, police said.
The weekend’s latest homicide took place around 11:35 p.m. when police said a man was shot in the back in the 9200 block of South Emerald Avenue. The man, whose age was not immediately known, was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Area South detectives are investigating the shooting, but further details were not immediately available, police said.
About 15 minutes earlier, two men were shot in the 7300 block of South Oglesby Avenue. An 18-year-old man suffered a wound to the leg and was transported to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in stable condition. A 28-year-old man was shot in the back and transported to South Shore Hospital in serious condition, officials said.
The weekend’s latest homicide took place around 11:35 p.m. when police said a man was shot in the back in the 9200 block of South Emerald Avenue. The man, whose age was not immediately known, was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Area South detectives are investigating the shooting, but further details were not immediately available, police said.
About 15 minutes earlier, two men were shot in the 7300 block of South Oglesby Avenue. An 18-year-old man suffered a wound to the leg and was transported to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in stable condition. A 28-year-old man was shot in the back and transported to South Shore Hospital in serious condition, officials said.
Where are all of the "good guys with a gun?" Wasn't Chicago gun violence supposed to be caused by strict gun control laws? Are the guns being used still coming from surrounding areas with lax gun laws?
Support a gun control organization of your choice today in any way that you can. The future of our children depends on your actions to defeat the right-wing gun lobby and those who profit from it.
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