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Chicago feeling ripple effects of weekend that saw nearly 100 people shot
Nearly 100 people were shot over Independence Day weekend in Chicago, making it the most violent weekend of the year.
CHICAGO - A man was fatally shot Monday night in a drive-by in Washington Park on the South Side.
About 10 p.m., the 26-year-old was standing outside next to a car in the 200 block of East 59th Street, when someone inside a passing vehicle fired shots at him, Chicago police said.
He was struck in the chest and got in the passenger seat of a friend’s car who then began to drive him to the hospital, but stopped in the 5700 block of South Calumet Avenue, police said.
He was taken by paramedics to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office has not yet identified him.
Area One detectives are investigating.
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Two officers shot in most violent weekend of 2021
A high-ranking Chicago police commander and a sergeant are recovering after they were shot trying to break up a large gathering in the Austin neighborhood overnight.