CHICAGO — A 13-year-old boy was among five people killed in unrelated shootings across Chicago over the weekend, which also left 20 others injured, according to police.
The violent weekend in the nation's third largest city erupted despite a 20% drop in shootings in Chicago through the end of summer, according to Chicago police crime statistics. Homicides have also plummeted 16% from last year, according to the statistics.
"I'm just going to miss him coming in and talking to me, laying his head on my shoulder," Vanessa Winslow said of her son, describing him as"extremely smart" and a"social, kind, just a lovable young man." A fight that erupted inside a hotel lounge in the Old Town Triangle neighborhood of Chicago ended in a shooting that left a 35-year-old man dead and his killer on the run, according to police.
A 27-year-old man, whose name was not immediately released, died at the scene from a gunshot wound to the back, authorities said. A 25-year-old woman was shot in the left leg during the incident, according to police.A 22-year-old man was shot to death when a gunman forced his way into the victim's apartment and shot him multiple times, according to police.
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