Chicago shootings: At least 22 shot, 3 fatally, in weekend gun violence across city, police say

CHICAGO (WLS) -- At least 22 people have been shot, three fatally, in shootings across Chicago so far this weekend, police said.

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A man was found fatally shot in the head on Chicago's South Side early Sunday morning, police said.

Police said the shooting happened in Roseland in the 11500-block of South LaSalle Street just before 1 a.m.

Officers responded to a call about a person shot and found a 38-year-old man on the ground. He had suffered a gunshot wound to his head.

The victim was pronounced dead on the scene, police said.

A witness told officers that a red two-door vehicle fled the scene.

No one is in custody and Area Two detectives are investigating.

Police did not immediately provide further information about the shooting.

Minutes later, two men were shot, one fatally on the city's West Side, Chicago police said.

Police said the shooting happened in the West Garfield Park neighborhood's 4600-block of West Monroe Street just after 1:30 a.m.

Officers responded to a call about a person shot and found a 25-year-old man who had suffered a gunshot wound to his back. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

Police said a 34-year-old man was also struck by gunfire. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he is listed in critical condition.

Further investigation revealed that an unidentified male suspect shot the victims before fleeing the scene on foot, police said.

There is no one in custody and Area Four detectives are investigating.

Two people were shot on the city's South Side in a SWAT situation on Sunday, according to Chicago police.

A man was shot in the 10500-block of Cottage Grove Avenue around 2:13 a.m.

Chicago police said the man took himself to the hospital. At last check, he was in critical condition.

A second shooting victim was taken to the hospital with a graze wound. Police said they are expected to be OK.

As of 9 a.m. Chicago police said the SWAT situation ended "without incident."

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A South Side neighborhood is on edge after shots rang out Saturday evening, leaving a woman dead and a man critically injured.

The violence erupted around 5:20 p.m. in Chicago's Avalon Park neighborhood in the 1600-block of East 87th Street.

A woman was driving with a 21-year-old man and two children inside.

Both adults were shot in the head and rushed to the hospital, where the woman was later pronounced dead.

The Chicago Fire Department said the children were treated at the scene and were not transported to hospitals

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One mother says she has been a Concealed-Cary License holder for years, but never had to fire her gun until, she said, danger came through her daughter's bedroom window on Saturday night.

Even if their broken outside windscreen is fixed, the trauma for one family has already seeped inside of their South Shore apartment.

"That motherly instincts kick in, so as soon as something happens, it's like fight or flight," the mother said.

The mother, who asked ABC7 to conceal her and her family's identities, said it happened before 11 p.m.

That is when her 18-year-old daughter had just returned to her bedroom after bathing.

"So, I put the towel on, and I run out my room and I ran right there. I'm like, 'Yo, somebody's trying to come through my window.' So, my mom immediately acted on it," the daughter said.

"He was, like, hanging on her window. I just told him that, 'I have a gun. I'm going to shoot.' And he just didn't stop. I fired a warning shot. I didn't even know that he got hit," the mother said.

That is, until police arrived on East 69th near Oglesby, where they found the 36-year-old suspect shot in the leg. He was taken to the hospital in fair condition.

His life was spared but now, he is armed with what the family hopes is a hard-learned lesson.

"Next time you think about coming through somebody's window, you just remember how that bullet felt," the daughter said.

The mother also hopes to move soon especially since, she said, police confiscated her gun.

Charges are pending against the suspect on Sunday night.

Last weekend, At least 31 shot, 5 fatally, in Labor Day weekend gun violence across Chicago, police said.

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