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Chicagoist Weekend Blotter

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Sep 4, 2011 9:30PM

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  • At least six men were killed in citywide violence this weekend in the neighborhoods of Garfield Park, Oak Lawn, Hamilton Park, Marquette Park, Austin and Lincoln Park
  • Two men were stabbed, one fatally, during a multi-person fight in the streets in the Lincoln Park neighborhood around 1 a.m. Saturday morning.
  • Two men were shot and killed in a drive-by shooting while standing on the street in the Garfield Park neighborhood Saturday afternoon.
  • Two brothers -- one 16, the other 24 -- have been arrested on animal cruelty charges after a decapitated dog was found.
  • A 14-year-old drove a car into a firetruck on the West Side.