17 wounded in weekend shootings across Chicago

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At least 17 people have been wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday night.

The most recent attack happened Sunday afternoon in Uptown on the North Side.

A 24-year-old man was outside about 12:45 p.m. in the 1200 block of West Ainslie when he heard shots and realized he’d been struck nine times in the torso and right leg, according to Chicago Police. He managed to get himself to Weiss Memorial Hospital, where his condition stabilized. Police said he has documented gang ties.

Late Sunday morning, an 18-year-old man showed up at Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey with gunshot wounds to the thighs and buttocks about 11 a.m., police said. He told investigators he was shot in the 100 block of East 103rd Street on the Far South Side. He was listed in good condition. Police think it was gang-related.

Six people were shot in separate attacks from late Saturday into Sunday.

About 3:40 a.m. in East Garfield Park, two men, ages 22 and 36, were sitting in a parked vehicle in the 400 block of North Ridgeway when shots were fired. The 22-year-old was shot in the leg and suffered a graze wound to the head, police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where his condition was stabilized. The older man suffered a graze wound to the left ankle and was taken to Norwegian American Hospital, where his condition was also stabilized.

Less than 20 minutes earlier, a man was injured in a shooting in the Northwest Side Irving Park neighborhood. The man, 36, was standing on the sidewalk in the 4100 block of North Bernard about 3:25 a.m. when he was approached by two males who fired shots in his direction, police said. He suffered gunshot wounds to the right leg and upper back and was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where his condition was stabilized, police said.

About an hour earlier, a 32-year-old man was shot in the left ankle in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood in the 500 block of East 75th Street at 2:35 a.m Sunday. He was taken to Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center, where his condition was stabilized, police said.

About 2:15 a.m. Sunday, another man was injured in a separate East Garfield Park neighborhood shooting. The man, a 22-year-old documented gang member, was standing on the sidewalk in the 2500 block of West Jackson when he heard gunfire and felt pain, police said. He was shot in the lower back and an acquaintance dropped him off at Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was listed in serious condition.

About 10 p.m. Saturday in the Homan Square neighborhood, a 32-year-old man was standing on the sidewalk in the 2400 block of West Fillmore Street when he heard gunshots and felt pain, police said. He was shot in the ankle and leg, and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where his condition was stabilized.

At least nine other people have been wounded in shootings across the city since 11:10 p.m. Friday.

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