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6 dead including 9-year-old boy, 13 wounded in Chicago shootings as weekend starts

CHICAGO - Five people were fatally wounded, including a 9-year-old boy, and at least 13 others were wounded overnight in shootings as the weekend started in city, Chicago police said.

The first fatal attack happened in the Cabrini Green neighborhood shortly before 7 p.m. Friday, and claimed a 9-year-old boy who was playing behind the Cabrini Green townhomes with a group of friends, police said. He suffered a wound to the chest and was pronounced dead at short time

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