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SHAREFifteen people were killed and 64 others wounded in shootings across Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend.Eleven of the weekend’s victims were minors, and two of the children died from their injuries.RelatedA 14-year-old boy was among four people killed in a shooting that wounded four others Saturday night in Englewood on the South Side.They were at a large gathering in the street about 11:35 p.m. in the when four males walked up and started shooting, according to Chicago police. The 14-year-old boy was hit in the back and pronounced dead at Comer Children’s Hospital.The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified the boy as Vernado Jones. He lived in West Lawn.Three other male victims were pronounced dead, two at the scene and one at the University of Chicago Medical Center, police said. Their ages were not immediately known.An 11-year-old boy with a graze wound to the ankle and a 15-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to the abdomen were both taken to Comer in fair condition, police said.A 35-year-old man shot in the hip, leg, arm and wrist was taken to St. Bernard Hospital and transferred to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, police said. A 29-year-old man shot in the foot was taken to St. Bernard Hospital in fair condition.Earlier that evening, a 7-year-old girl was killed at a Fourth of July party in Austin on the West Side.The girl was playing on a sidewalk about 7 p.m. in the when three men got out of a white car and shot more than 20 rounds in the direction of the people holding the party, a group which included many children, police said.The girl, identified by family and the Cook County medical examiner’s office as Natalia Wallace, was struck in the forehead, and a 32-year-old man was injured.“Tonight, a 7-year-old girl in Austin joined a list of teenagers and children whose hopes and dreams were ended by the barrel of a gun,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said in a statement on Twitter. “We cannot grow numb to this. We are making progress in slowing shootings, but we have to do better, every single one of us.”A 30-year-old man was shot in the left shoulder and knee, a 27-year-old man was hit in the abdomen and a 28-year-old man was shot in the left shoulder and leg, police said. All three were taken to Mount Sinai in critical condition.A 44-year-old man shot twice in the hip and a 30-year-old man shot in the right leg were both taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition.They were in a parking lot when they got into an argument with the male suspect about 12:35 a.m. in the , according to police. The suspect left the parking lot and walked to a home before firing at the men through the door.David Scott, 24, was hit in the left side of his torso and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead, officials said. The other man, 20, was shot in the leg and taken to Christ Medical Center in fair condition.Cartrell Tate, 39, was hit in the head and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.A 26-year-old man was shot in the shoulder and went to South Shore Hospital on his own in fair condition, according to police. Another man, 60, was hit in the right leg and went to the same hospital in good condition. A fourth man, 19, was shot in the leg and went to the University of Chicago Medical Center on his own in good condition.A 44-year-old man was hit in the thigh and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in fair condition, police said. A 27-year-old woman was grazed on the ankle and declined medical treatment.A 26-year-old man was shot in the right leg, thigh and torso, police said. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, but his condition was not immediately known. The other man, 32, was grazed on his left leg and taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition.A 55-year-old man and a 35-year-old man were each struck in the buttocks, police said. The older man was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in good condition and the younger man refused treatment.La Voz AARPLea este artículo en español en , un servicio presentado por AARP Chicago.The 15-year-old boy was in an alley in the 3000 block of South Tripp Avenue and was hit in the knee by a stray bullet, police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital in fair condition. Police said the boy doesn’t know the men and was not with them when they were shot.At least 28 other people have been wounded in citywide shootings between 5 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Monday.Last weekend, across the city, 18 of them fatally.Read more on, and track the city’s.Next Up InMost ReadThe LatestDarren Bailey, a downstate farmer and state senator, confirmed he’s living in Chicago at an impromptu news conference Tuesday afternoon. His campaign later confirmed he is renting in the Hancock Center.The iconic “enfant terrible” of the French New Wave revolutionized popular cinema starting in 1960. A family statement gave assisted suicide, which is legal in Switzerland where the filmmaker resided, as the cause of his death.Dr. Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr. has been suspended after the fellow doctor’s death and others suffering serious cardiac complications, the Texas Medical Board said.Amtrak suspended routes from Chicago to Los Angeles, Chicago to Seattle, Chicago to San Francisco. 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SHAREFifteen people were killed and 64 others wounded in shootings across Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend.Eleven of the weekend’s victims were minors, and two of the children died from their injuries.RelatedA 14-year-old boy was among four people killed in a shooting that wounded four others Saturday night in Englewood on the South Side.They were at a large gathering in the street about 11:35 p.m. in the when four males walked up and started shooting, according to Chicago police. The 14-year-old boy was hit in the back and pronounced dead at Comer Children’s Hospital.The Cook County...

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