Chicago shootings over the weekend have left one person dead and nine others wounded, police said.
The 29-year-old was inside a home at about 9:10 p.m. in the 5600-block of South Throop Street when another person pulled out a gun and shot him in the head, Chicago police said. He died at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
A 14-year-old boy was shot about a half-hour later in North Lawndale on the West Side. Just before 9:40 p.m., the boy suffered two gunshot wounds to the wrist while in the 900-block of South Independence Boulevard, police said. A 15-year-old boy was wounded in a shooting about three hours earlier in Greater Grand Crossing on the South Side. The boy was traveling in a car at about 6:20 p.m. in the 400-block of East 71st Street when someone opened fire, striking him in the chest, police said. He was taken to Comer Children's Hospital, where he was listed in fair condition.The boy, 15, was a passenger of a car traveling at about 4 a.m.
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