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Chicago shooting today: At least 10 shot, 2 killed in gun violence on Memorial Day weekend across city, police say

CHICAGO (WLS) — At least 10 people were shot, two of them fatally, during the Memorial Day weekend gun violence in Chicago, police said.

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Chicago police are investigating a double homicide in the Albany Park neighborhood.

Officers responded to a call of shots fired in an alley near Leland and Troy just before 11:30 Friday evening, police said.

Investigators said they found two men who had been shot in the head. Both men were pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.

A witness told police he saw a black sedan speeding away from the area.

No one is in custody. Area Five detectives are investigating.

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About an hour earlier, three men were shot on the South Side, police said.

Police said the shooting happened at 300 West 59th Place in the Englewood neighborhood just after 10:30 p.m.

A group of people were hanging out in a vacant lot when someone fired shots, police said.

A 29-year-old man, shot in the lower leg, was transported to Providence Hospital in good condition.

Another 29-year-old man, who suffered a graze wound to his shoulder, was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition.

A 25-year-old man, shot in the arm, was transported to the same hospital in good condition.

No one is in custody and Area One detectives are investigating.

Last weekend, at least 45 people were shot, one fatally, during gun violence in Chicago, police said.

Last year in Chicago, 53 people were shot and 11 people were killed over Memorial Day weekend.

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