A total of six people were shot, two fatally in three separate incidents since Thursday on the South and West Sides police said.
An unidentified man believed to be 20 years old was found dead on a sidewalk Thursday morning in the 6500 block of South Laflin Street.
Oscar Santana, 20, was fatally shot in the head Thursday night in the 2100 block of South Damen Avenue.
Four people–two men and two women–suffered non-life-threatening gunshots Friday morning in the 4200 block of West Potomac Avenue.
An unidentified assailant opened fire on the victims, who all appear to be in their late teens and early 20s, as they stood on Potomac Avenue, police said.
Police have made no arrests in the shootings, nor indicated a motive in each of the incidents.
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An unidentified man believed to be 20 years old was found dead on a sidewalk Thursday morning in the 6500 block of South Laflin Street.
Oscar Santana, 20, was fatally shot in the head Thursday night in the 2100 block of South Damen Avenue.
Four people–two men and two women–suffered non-life-threatening gunshots Friday morning in the 4200 block of West Potomac Avenue.
An unidentified assailant opened fire on the victims, who all appear to be in their late teens and early 20s, as they stood on Potomac Avenue, police said.
Police have made no arrests in the shootings, nor indicated a motive in each of the incidents.
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