(Michael Izquierdo / WTTW News)
Three people, including two teens, were killed in separate shootings across Chicago over the weekend.
According to Chicago Police Department data, 20 people were shot in 17 separate incidents between 6 p.m. Friday and 11:59 p.m. Sunday. The victims included 15-year-old Demea Morris and 17-year-old Daniel Rios, who were each killed.
According to police, Rios was in a physical altercation with a known offender at around 7 p.m. Friday in the 6700 block of West Belmont Avenue, when that person produced a firearm and shot Rios in the lower abdomen. The teen was rushed to Loyola University Medical Center in critical condition, but he died a short time later.
Officers responding to a report of shots fired in the 10600 block of South Sangamon Street just before 1 a.m. Sunday found Morris sitting inside the back seat of a vehicle with a gunshot wound to the back of the head. She was hospitalized but later pronounced dead.
Two men were shot at around 5:30 p.m. Saturday in the 7000 block of South Lafayette Avenue. The pair were standing outside when an unknown vehicle pulled up and someone inside produced a firearm and fired shots. A 24-year-old man was struck in the head and hospitalized in critical condition, and a 30-year-old man was struck multiple times and died.
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