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3 Killed, 21 Wounded In Weekend Shootings

(STMW) -- Three people were killed and at least 21 other people have been injured in shootings on the South and West sides since Friday night.

The most recent fatal shooting happened Sunday afternoon in the South Chicago neighborhood.

About 12 p.m., a 17-year-old boy was walking in the 8200 block of South Houston when a person approached on foot and opened fire, striking the teen in the abdomen, police said.

He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where he was later pronounced dead, according to police. The Cook County medical examiner's office could not immediately confirm the death.

About 11:40 p.m. on Friday, a man was killed in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.

Charles Wright, 39, was shot in the abdomen in the 5300 block of South Hoyne, authorities said.

Wright, of the 3100 block of West 71st Street, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:35 a.m., according to the medical examiner's office.

A shooting at 10 p.m. that night left one man dead and another wounded in Austin on the West Side.

The two were standing in a yard in the 5500 block of West Corcoran when multiple people fired shots from a sidewalk, police said.

Denzell Franklin, 23, was shot in the face and armpit and was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:43 p.m., according to police and the medical examiner's office.

The other man, 24, walked to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park with a gunshot wound to the arm, police said. His condition had stabilized late Friday night.

Two people were taken into custody in connection with the shooting, but their ages and genders were not immediately known.

The most recent nonfatal shooting happened Sunday morning in the Chatham neighborhood.

A 25-year-old man was shot in the jaw about 9:05 a.m. in the 8400 block of South State, police said.

The man was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where his condition had stabilized, police said.

Earlier, a man was critically wounded in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the South Side.

The 31-year-old was shot in the neck about 4:25 a.m. in the 2200 block of West 69th Street, police said, citing preliminary information.

He was taken in critical condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, police said. Details on the circumstances of the shooting weren't immediately available.

Two men--including an off-duty Cook County sheriff's officer--were shot within ten minutes in the neighboring South Side communities of Gresham and Auburn Gresham.

At 3:40 p.m., someone tried to rob the 34-year-old sheriff's officer in the 7900 block of South Paulina and shot him in the hand, police said. His condition was stabilized at Christ Medical Center.

Ten minutes later, officers found a 21-year-old man lying on a sidewalk in the 8900 block of South Carpenter with gunshot wounds to his leg and shoulder, police said. The man was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where his condition had stabilized, police said.

A 42-year-old man was shot and critically wounded about a half-hour earlier in West Pullman on the Far South Side.

The man was walking in the 11900 block of South Eggleston about 3:20 a.m. when he heard shots, felt pain and realized he had been shot in the left side of his chest, police said.

He was taken in critical condition to Christ Medical Center, police said. A police source said the man has documented gang ties.

At least 15 other people have been hurt in separate shootings since 8:40 p.m. Friday.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2014. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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