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Police: 3 Killed, 17 Wounded In Weekend Shootings Across City

(STMW) -- Two men and a woman were killed and at least 17 other people have been wounded in citywide shootings since Friday evening, police said.

The most recent fatal shooting happened early Sunday in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on the Northwest Side, police said.

An 18-year-old woman was sitting in an apartment about 12:35 a.m. in the 5300 block of West Oakdale when shots came from outside and struck her in the head, police said.

She was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead, police said. The Cook County medical examiner's office could not confirm the fatality Sunday afternoon.

About 1 a.m. Saturday, a man was shot to death in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.

Genorel Martin, 24, was shot in the chest in the apartment building where he lived in the 6700 block of South Throop, according to police and the medical examiner's office. He was opening the door to the building's vestibule when a male opened fire, police said.

Martin was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:12 a.m., authorities said.

About a half hour earlier, a 21-year-old man was shot and killed in the Roseland neighborhood, police said.

Police officers responding to a call of shots fired about 12:25 a.m. found Travis L. Wright in the back seat of a black car in the 9300 block of South Wentworth, authorities said. He lived in the same block.

Wright was shot in the chest and left forearm, and was pronounced dead at the scene at 1 a.m., authorities said.

The most recent nonfatal shooting happened Sunday afternoon in the South Side West Englewood neighborhood.

A 20-year-old was walking in the 1600 block of West 59th Street about 2:25 p.m. when at least one person approached on foot and fired shots, police said. The man was shot in the abdomen and taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition.

At least 16 other people have been hurt in separate shootings since 6:40 p.m. Friday.
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2014. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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