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Woman is killed and 13 others including a 15-year-old boy are shot in two drive-bys in Chicago

  A woman has been killed and 13 others - including a 15-year-old boy - have been shot and wounded in two separate drive-by shootings in Chi...

 A woman has been killed and 13 others - including a 15-year-old boy - have been shot and wounded in two separate drive-by shootings in Chicago over the weekend. 

The woman was critically injured, and four men and a teenager were also wounded when an SUV drove by and shots were fired in the South Shore area just before 9 p.m. on Sunday, news outlets reported. 

The group of six was standing outside when the gunfire erupted. 

Police have not yet identified the victims or shooter. It is unclear what prompted the shooting and what connections, if any, the shooter has with the victims. 

About two hours later, a separate shooting in the Marquette Park area wounded eight people, Chicago fire officials said. A vehicle collision was also reported nearby in which two people were injured.

It was not immediately clear how the shooting and the crash may be related. Authorities also did not immediately say what may have led up to the shooting.

No suspects or arrests were immediately announced in either shooting.

The victims of the first shooting are being treated at the University of Chicago, Jackson Park, and Northwestern hospitals. 

Authorities work the scene where at least eight people were shot in the 6300 block of South Artesian Avenue in the Marquette Park neighborhood, Sunday, June 27, 2021, in Chicago

Authorities work the scene where at least eight people were shot in the 6300 block of South Artesian Avenue in the Marquette Park neighborhood, Sunday, June 27, 2021, in Chicago

About two hours after the first drive-by shooting, a separate shooting in the Marquette Park area wounded eight people, Chicago fire officials said. A vehicle collision was also reported nearby in which two people were injured

Six people, including a 15-year-old boy, were injured in a drive-by shooting on Chicago's South Side on Sunday night

Six people, including a 15-year-old boy, were injured in a drive-by shooting on Chicago's South Side on Sunday night

The victims were standing outside when a someone in a black SUV drove by and began shooting

The victims were standing outside when a someone in a black SUV drove by and began shooting

Police have not yet identified the victim or arrested a suspect in the shooting
One woman was killed and five men are in stable condition, according to police

Police have not yet identified the victim or arrested a suspect in the shooting

The woman was in critical condition, officials said, though it is not immediately clear what injuries she sustained.

Two of the men, both 21, sustained gunshots wounds, but are in stable condition, according to police. The 15-year-old and 19-year-old were also injured in the gunfire, but are in stable condition. And a fifth man, whose age was not revealed, has sustained a gunshot wound to the buttocks and in also in stable condition.  

The black SUV fled the scene and headed westbound on 71st Street. Police have not yet made an arrest  in connection to the shooting. 

What appeared to be bloody cloths were strewn on the sidewalk at the site of the violence, along with a bicycle that had been tipped over, according to reporting from the Chicago Sun-Times

It was not immediately clear how the shooting and the crash may be related. Authorities also did not immediately say what may have led up to the shooting

It was not immediately clear how the shooting and the crash may be related. Authorities also did not immediately say what may have led up to the shooting

Chicago police work the scene where at least six people were shot in the 2000 block of East 71st Street in the South Shore neighborhood, late Sunday, June 27, 2021, in Chicago.

Chicago police work the scene where at least six people were shot in the 2000 block of East 71st Street in the South Shore neighborhood, late Sunday, June 27, 2021, in Chicago.

A local nail salon on the corner of 71st and Clyde streets had a front window shattered, the outlet reported, and there was at least one bullet hole in a dark-colored mini-van that was parked in front. 

The shooting caps off another bloody weekend in Chicago as shooting incidents and violent crime surge into the summer.  Since Friday, 62 people have been injured in Chicago shootings and two have died.

A 25-year old man, who has not yet been identified, was fatally shot early Saturday in Humboldt Park on the Northwest Side. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police told the Chicago Sun-Times.

And an hour later, a 35-year old man was killed and three others were injured after an argument escalated into gunfire in West Rogers Park on the North Side. The 35-year-old man, who has also not yet been identified, was struck in the chest and leg. He was rushed to St. Francis Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said. 

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