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Shootings in Chicago this weekend: at least 31 shots fired, including 3 fatal, in gun violence across the city, police say

CHICAGO– At least 31 people have been shot, three of them fatally, in gun violence in Chicago so far this weekend, police said.

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Two teenagers and a 12-year-old boy were injured in two shootings in Douglas on Friday evening.

The first shooting happened around 9:20 p.m. in the 500 block of East 31st Street. Someone in a silver sedan opened fire, hitting the 12-year-old who was walking with a group of people and a 15-year-old girl sitting in a car, Chicago police said.

The boy was shot several times in the leg and was transported to Comer Children's Hospital. The girl suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the back and was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center. Both were in good condition, police said.

A 16-year-old boy was shot less than an hour later and about a half-mile away.

He was standing in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant in the 3400 block of South King Drive just before 10:15 p.m. when someone opened fire, police said.

The boy was shot in the abdomen and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition, police said.

No arrests were reported in either shooting.

A man was seriously injured Saturday in a shooting on the North Side, Chicago police said.

The shooting happened around 9:45 p.m. in the 2900 block of Devon Avenue, near West Rogers Park, according to police.

The 31-year-old man was walking on the sidewalk when an unknown person approached him and began shooting, Chicago police said.

No one is in custody. Chicago Police Department Three detectives are investigating the shooting.

Three people were injured Sunday in a shooting in Englewood, Chicago police said.

The shooting happened in the 5600 block of Elizabeth Street, near 56th Street, around 12:38 a.m.

The group was standing on the sidewalk when another group began shooting at them, police said.

A 39-year-old man was taken to hospital with a graze wound to his left arm.

A 23-year-old woman was taken to hospital with a gunshot wound to her back. Police said she was listed in fair condition.

The third victim, a 39-year-old man, was shot in the left hand and is expected to be OK.

About three hours later, an 18-year-old woman was shot and killed in Englewood.

The shooting happened in the 1300 block of West 72nd Street, near Ada Street, around 3:36 a.m., according to police.

An 18-year-old woman was sitting in a parked car when she was shot in the head, Chicago police said.

Last weekend, at least 19 people were shot, two of them fatally, during gun violence in Chicago, police said.

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Sun-Times Media contributed to this report

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