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43 Shot, 6 Dead In Chicago Weekend Shootings, Four Teens Struck By Gunfire

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A total of 43 people were shot, six fatally, in Chicago over the weekend, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

Among those shot, four teenage boys aged 15 to 17 were hit in separate incidents, Chicago Sun-Times reported.

A 20-year-old man was found dead with a gunshot wound to his face inside the driver’s seat of a car that hit a tree, according to the Sun-Times. A 24-year-old male was pronounced dead at a local hospital after being shot in the back.

Another 24-year-old, a woman, was struck in the shoulder, the Sun-Times reported, and a 25-year-old man was fatally shot gunned down in a vacant lot.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - AUGUST 15: Police stand guard at a "back the blue" rally near the Homan Square police station on August 15, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. The demonstration was one of several in the city today, either in support of or in opposition to police. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Police stand guard at a “back the blue” rally near the Homan Square police station on August 15, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois (Scott Olson/Getty Images).

Another male was killed after he was riddled with bullets while sitting inside his car, according to the Sun-Times. Two more men were shot to death in dual incidents less than two hours apart during the weekend, the local outlet reported. (RELATED: ‘Senseless’: 51 Shot, 10 Dead In Bloody Chicago Labor Day Weekend, Child Among The Dead)

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