2 youths were shot, 1 fatally, over the weekend in Chicago, police said

At least 18 people were hurt, and one died in Chicago shootings over the weekend. Two of them were teenagers.

SUNDAY: In a drive-by shooting in East Garfield Park on Sunday, two people were shot, and one of them died.

The victims were in a parked car in the 3100 block of West Madison Street just after 5:30 p.m. when someone in a dark-colored SUV drove by and shot at them.

A man who was 31 years old was shot in the armpit. Police say he was taken to Mt. Sinai, where he was pronounced dead.

A bullet hit the behind of a 44-year-old woman. She was also taken in good shape to Mt. Sinai. No one is in custody, and detectives from Area Three are looking into what happened.

SATURDAY: Two teenage boys were hurt in a shooting on the Southwest Side of the city early on Saturday, police said.

At about 10:50 a.m., someone was shot in the 3800 block of South Archer Avenue in the Brighton Park neighborhood, police said.

Two 17-year-old boys were walking down the street when a car drove up, and someone inside started shooting.

Police said that one person who had been shot in the back was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in serious condition.

The second person, who was shot in the shoulder and foot, was taken to the same hospital and was found to be in good shape.

Police say that the car in which the shooting happened took off in an unknown direction. No one is in jail, and detectives in the area are looking into what happened.

The police didn’t say anything else right away about what happened. A 60-year-old woman was shot in Woodlawn a few hours after that.

At 6:10 p.m., she was standing outside her car in the 6400 block of South Eberhart Avenue when a dark-colored SUV pulled up next to her, and someone inside started shooting, police said.

She was shot in the finger, shin, and buttocks, police said. She was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center. She was said to be in good shape.

Since Friday at 6 p.m., at least seven more people have been hurt by gunfire.

Source: abc7

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