Via CBS:
Another hot weekend ended with dozens of people rushed to the emergency room with gunshot wounds. Shootings left nine people dead and 39 wounded over the weekend.
The most recent shooting happened just before midnight Sunday night in the Altgeld Gardens neighborhood.
Two men and a woman were wounded when a man walked up to them and started shooting near 130th and Evans, according to police. A 47-year-old man was in critical condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, after he was shot in the chest. A 23-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman were stabilized at Roseland Community Hospital, after both of them were shot in the arm.
About two hours earlier, four people were wounded in a shooting in the Lawndale neighborhood. Police said the victims were standing on the sidewalk at a gas station near Roosevelt and Pulaski, when someone walked up and started shooting.
An 18-year-old woman was shot in the leg, and was being treated at Stroger Hospital. Two men, both 23 years old, were shot in the leg, and were being treated at Mount Sinai Hospital. A 27-year-old man was shot in the groin, and was in critical condition at Stroger Hospital.