Police: 3 Killed, 11 wounded In Chicago Weekend Shootings

(STMW) -- Three people were killed and at least 11 more wounded in shootings across Chicago during the first 10 hours of the weekend, according to Chicago Police.

The latest homicide happened during a melee in the Austin neighborhood early Saturday on the West Side.

Four women got into a fight with another group of woman about 3:20 a.m. in the first block of North Leclaire, and a 27-year-old woman was shot in the head. She died at the scene, police said. A 21-year-old woman shot in the ear was taken to a hospital.

Also, one 28-year-old woman who was stabbed in the wrist and arm took herself to Rush Oak Park Hospital, and another stabbed in the hand showed up at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park. Their conditions stabilized, police said.

Friday evening, a 21-year-old man was shot to death in the Ashburn neighborhood on the Southwst Side, police said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting, which happened about 7:15 p.m. in the 2400 block of West 79th Street, police said. The circumstances of the shooting were unknown.

The Cook County medical examiner's office has not released details on either of those fatalities.

The weekend's first homicide happened about 5:45 p.m. Friday in Chatham on the South Side.

Officers responding to a call of shots fired in the 700 block of East 82nd Street found 17-year-old De'Near Dashaun Scott lying on a sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the chest, authorities said. Scott, of the 6800 block of South Aberdeen, was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 6:18 p.m. Police said the shooting was thought to be gang-related but did not have more details.

The most recent nonfatal shooting happened early Saturday in Englewood, where a 34-year-old man riding in a vehicle in the 300 block of West Marquette was shot in both legs by someone who pulled up alongside him in a white car about 4 a.m., police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.

At least nine more people have been wounded in other shootings across the city since 7:30 p.m. Friday.

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