1 killed, 10 wounded in shootings Monday in Chicago

The violence followed a weekend when seven people were killed and 71 others were wounded.

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Chicago police work the scene where three people were shot in the 3900 block of West Madison Street, in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, Monday, June 28, 2021.

Chicago police work the scene where three people were shot in the 3900 block of West Madison Street, in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, Monday, June 28, 2021.

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One person was killed and 10 others were wounded in shootings in Chicago Monday.

The fatal shooting occurred in West Pullman on the Far South Side around 1:05 a.m. Officers responded to a Shot Spotter alert and found the 24-year-old man in the 11700 block of South Laflin Street, police said. He was shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Three people were shot, including a 14-year-old boy, in East Garfield Park around 7:45 p.m. The boy, a 34-year-old man and a female were standing on the sidewalk in the first block of South Springfield Avenue when several gunmen opened fire, police said.

The boy was shot in both legs was taken to Stroger Hospital in fair to serious condition, according to police and fire officials. The man was struck in the left leg and taken to the same hospital in serious to critical condition, police and fire officials said. The female, whose age was unknown, suffered a gunshot wound to the left calf and refused medical attention at the scene, police said.

Seven others were wounded in shootings across the city.

Over the weekend, seven people were killed and 71 others were wounded. Four of the attacks were mass shootings with four or more people wounded. Those attacks accounted for nearly a third of all the shooting victims between Friday evening and early Monday morning.

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