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Shootings in Chicago this weekend: According to police, at least 13 people were shot in gun violence across the city, 5 of them fatally

CHICAGO (WLS) — According to police, at least 13 people were shot in gun violence in Chicago this weekend, five of them fatally.

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A 34-year-old man was shot and killed outside a Jewel grocery store in Old Town early Saturday, Chicago police said.

At around 2:30 a.m., the victim was shot multiple times in front of the store near the corner of Sedgwick and Division.

He was taken to Northwestern Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The police are searching for the shooter.

Detectives from Area Three are investigating.

Hours later, a 44-year-old man was shot on the city’s south side, police said.

Police said the shooting occurred around 10:40 a.m. in the 2900 block of South State Street in the Bronzeville neighborhood.

According to police, an unknown person shot the man multiple times. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

No one is in custody and detectives from Area Three are investigating.

Three teenagers were shot and one died on the city’s north side on Friday night.

The shooting occurred near North Rockwell Street and West Hollywood Avenue in West Ridge, Chicago Fire Department officials said.

Chicago police said they responded to the 5600 block of North Rockwell and found three 16-year-old boys who had been shot while getting into a vehicle.

One was shot in the back and taken to St. Francis Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Cook County Coroner’s Office later identified him as Benicio Gomez of Rogers Park.

Another teenager was shot in the shoulder and taken to St. Francis Hospital, where he is in serious condition. The third victim was shot in the knee and taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where his condition is stable.

A witness told police the shooter fled the scene in a black SUV. No one is currently in custody.

An investigation by Area Three detectives is underway.

A man was found shot dead in the southwest of the city on Saturday afternoon.

The victim, a 49-year-old man, was found with multiple gunshot wounds in the 4300 block of West 25th Street around 3:26 p.m., Chicago police said.

Police said officers were alerted to the shooting by gunshot detection technology.

The man who was shot was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, police said. His identity was not immediately known.

Investigators are continuing their investigations. No one has been arrested.

A teenager was shot dead in a park in the south of the city on Saturday evening.

The shooting occurred around 6:38 p.m. in the 6500 block of South Racine Avenue in the Englewood neighborhood, Chicago police said.

The victim, a 16-year-old boy, was in a verbal argument with an unknown assailant when he was shot in the chest and legs, police said.

The boy was taken to Como Children’s Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

Family members identified the victim as 16-year-old Marvel White. Relatives said he was scheduled to begin his penultimate year at Dyett High School in the fall.

No one was arrested. The police are still investigating.

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