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Weekend Blotter: Two Killed, 23 Wounded In Weekend Violence

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Apr 1, 2013 3:00PM


  • At least two peopled were killed and 23 people were wounded in citywide violence during the Easter weekend. [Sun-Times]

  • Eight people were shot in several incidents during a single hour of violence early Sunday morning. [DNAinfo]

  • Akeem Manago, 19, was killed during that hour. He was walking with a friend in the University Village neighborhood around 1:50 a.m. Sunday when three or four men approached them from behind and opened fire. Manago's friend was shot in the leg. [DNAinfo]

  • Eugenio Solano, 23, was shot and killed in the Logan Square neighborhood Friday evening. He was walking with another man at 8:05 p.m. Friday when three men approached, asked for directions, then opened fire. The other man was shot in the hand. [DNAinfo]

  • Solano was one of at least a dozen people shot between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. [Tribune]

  • A woman's body was found in a North Lawndale park on Sunday afternoon. She appeared to die from head trauma. [Sun-Times]

  • A man's body was found in a garage fire in the Irving Park neighborhood Sunday evening. [CBS]

  • A 17-year-old boy was shot in the leg by police after he allegedly pointed a gun at officers. He is being held on $500,000 bail. [Sun-Times]