The Brief
- Five people were killed in four separate shootings across Chicago from Thursday evening into early Friday.
- Three other people were wounded in shootings, including a 13-year-old boy.
- A man was also found stabbed.
CHICAGO – Police are investigating a series of shootings that left five people dead and several others wounded from Thursday evening into early Friday.
Chicago shootings
What we know:
The first deadly shooting happened around 5:35 p.m. Thursday in the 5900 block of South Ellis Avenue in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
Police said officers found a 27-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man inside a vehicle, both suffering from single gunshot wounds to the head. They were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition, where both later died. A weapon was recovered at the scene.…