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6 dead, at least 11 wounded in Chicago violence as holiday weekend starts

CHICAGO — Six people are dead, and at least 11 other victims have been wounded in city shootings since Friday afternoon as Chicagoans start the holiday weekend. Police said the latest fatal attack happened shortly before 4:45 a.m. Saturday in the 4400 block of West Cermak Road in the Lawndale neighborhood. A 39-year-old man was traveling in the rear seat of a vehicle when the rear window ...

CHICAGO — Six people are dead, and at least 11 other victims have been wounded in city shootings since Friday afternoon as Chicagoans start the holiday weekend.

Police said the latest fatal attack happened shortly before 4:45 a.m. Saturday in the 4400 block of West Cermak Road in the Lawndale neighborhood.

A 39-year-old man was traveling in the rear seat of a vehicle when the rear window shattered. The man suffered a gunshot wound to the head, and was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Another man was fatally wounded shortly before 1:30 a.m. in the Cragin neighborhood in the 2500 block of North Lockwood Avenue. Officers responded

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