CHICAGO BLACK VIOLENCE RAGES: Police: 3 MURDERED, 9 SHOT & WOUNDED in shootings on South, West sides

Three people were killed and at least nine were wounded in shootings on the South and West sides Wednesday, police said.

Most recently, one man was killed and another was injured by a stray bullet in the Back of the Yards.

About 6:40 p.m., a vehicle approached a 40-year-old man in the 5000 block of South Racine, police said. Someone got out of the vehicle and fired shots, striking the man multiple times in his chest, police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office could not confirm the death.

At the same time, a 25-year-old man in a home in the 5000 block of South Elizabeth was shot in the leg, police said. A source said it appeared the man was hit by the gunshots fired on Racine. He was taken to Saint Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center, where his condition had stabilized.

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