Chiraq: 3 dead and at least 29 wounded over weekend

Austin

Shootings and deaths were up last weekend over the prior one in Chicago. Three are dead and at least 29 others were wounded--last weekend only one person was murdered and just 18 were hit by gunfire.

Two of this weekend's fatal shootings were on the South Side--one in Auburn Gresham and the other in West Englewood. The other shooting death was on the West Side, in Austin, which so far is Chiraq's most violent neighborhood in 2017.