Chicago Violence Leaves Four Dead, 37 Wounded

By Josh McGhee on April 14, 2014 7:08am 

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Violence erupted Friday afternoon with the slaying of a teenage girl and steadily continued through the weekend.

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CHICAGO — A 24-year-old man shot in West Pullman Sunday night was at least the 37th person shot in a violent three-day stretch in Chicago.

Four people were killed on the first weekend of the year to feature a stretch of warm weather, and the violence began as the school day ended on the warm Friday afternoon when a teenage girl, Gakira Barnes, was fatally shot in Woodlawn.

The most recent shooting occurred around 10:15 p.m. Sunday evening. A 24-year-old man was walking in the 12200 block of South Emerald Avenue when he heard shots and felt pain, said Officer Hector Alfaro, a police spokesman.

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