Chicago police report 21 shootings, 4 murders over weekend with wounded victims as young as 11
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There were 21 shootings, including one involving an 11-year-old boy, and four murders reported over the weekend in Chicago, police said Monday.
The youngest victim was in the living room of a home on South King Drive in Bronzeville just before 2 a.m. local time Sunday when he suffered a gunshot wound to his right thigh, police said. The victim was with two other kids, ages 8 and 12, at the time.
Police later determined he was shot by the 8-year-old, who "accidentally discharged the handgun." The victim was in fair condition at a local children’s hospital.
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