More than 50 people were shot — including a pair of toddlers — over the three-day Memorial Day weekend across Chicago, with 11 killed, according to police figures.
A 33-year-old man was found on the sidewalk in the 7800 block of South Seeley Avenue with a gunshot wound to his left armpit just before 1 a.m. Saturday. He was pronounced dead on scene.
Less than a half hour later, a 22-year-old man was standing outside in the 2400 block of South Homan Avenue when someone opened fire, fatally striking him in the chest. A 20-year-old man was killed as he walked on a sidewalk in the 9800 block of South Avenue L just before 10 p.m. Saturday.
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