UNENDING AND UNADDRESSED CHICAGO BLACK VIOLENCE: At least one murder and 8 shot & wounded in last 12 hours

One Negro was killed and at least eight others were wounded in shootings since Saturday night, police said.

The fatal shooting occurred at 4:20 a.m. Sunday in the Washington Park neighborhood.

Three men were in a parked car in the 5400 block of South Prairie Avenue when another vehicle drove up and someone inside fired shots, said Chicago police spokesman Officer Hector Alfaro.

A 35-year-old man was shot in the head and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

A 40-year-old man was shot in the back and listed in serious condition, and a 24-year-old man was grazed in the head. His condition was stabilized. Both men were being treated at Stroger Hospital.

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