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CHICAGO (WLS) — At least 40 people have been shot, four fatally, in gun violence across the city so far this Fourth of July weekend, Chicago police said.

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Four people were injured, three critically, in a mass shooting near the Cook County Courthouse early Saturday morning, police said.

Officers responded to a call about walk-in gunshot victims at Mt. Sinai Hospital around 1:45 a.m.

The victims were sitting in a parked vehicle near South California Avenue and West 27th Street in the Little Village neighborhood.

That’s when a male drove a dark SUV past the group, and people inside fired shots, police said.

Three men, 32, 26 and 25, were shot in the body and are listed in critical condition at Mt. Sinai Hospital.

A fourth man, 33, was shot in the leg. He is listed in fair condition at the same hospital.

No one is in custody, and Area One detectives are investigating.

Police did not immediately provide further information about the shooting.

At least seven people were seriously injured in another mass shooting on the city’s South Side late Friday night, police said.

Police said officers responded to the Back of the Yards neighborhood’s 4800-block of South Justine Street just before 11:15 p.m.

Two men walked up and started shooting into a crowd of people outside, police said.

All of the victims were hospitalized in serious to critical condition.

A 27-year-old woman, shot in the leg, is listed in serious condition at Mt. Sinai Hospital.

A 21-year-old woman, shot in the thigh, is listed in serious condition at Mt. Sinai Hospital.

A 21-year-old man, shot in the quad and foot, is listed in serious condition at Mt. Sinai Hospital.

A 29-year-old man, shot in the arm, is listed in serious condition at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

A 25-year-old woman, shot in the flank, is listed in serious condition at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

A 25-year-old woman, shot in the buttocks, is listed in critical condition at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

A 42-year-old man, shot in the leg, is listed in critical condition at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

No one is in custody, and Area One detectives are investigating.

Police did not immediately provide further information about the shooting.

Two women were shot, one fatally, on the city’s South Side early Thursday morning, police said.

Police said officers responded to a call about a shooting in the South Shore neighborhood’s 7100-block of South Jeffery Boulevard just before 12:30 a.m.

A 37-year-old woman and a 29-year-old woman were inside a home with a male of an unknown age.

The male took out a gun and demanded the victims’ property, police said.

Police said a struggle ensued, and the male fired shots before fleeing from the scene.

The 29-year-old woman, shot in the neck and chest, was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.

The 37-year-old woman, shot in the arm, was taken to the same hospital in good condition.

There is no one in custody, and Area One detectives are investigating.

Police did not immediately provide further information about the shooting.

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On the same morning, four people were wounded in a shooting on the Far South Side, police said.

The shooting took place at about 3:17 a.m. in the 600-block of East 133rd Street.

Police said a group of people were outside when someone opened fire.

Four people were transported to hospitals, including two in critical condition.

Hours later, three men were shot in the city’s Englewood neighborhood, police said.

The shooting happened around 12:53 p.m. in the 1600-block of West 59th Street, police said.

A 51-year-old, shot in the groin, was taken to a hospital in critical condition, CPD said. Two men, ages 40 and 50, were also shot and taken to hospitals in good condition.

Minutes later, a man was killed in a drive-by shooting in the city’s Jeffery Manor neighborhood, police said.

The shooting happened in the 9900-block of South Bensley Avenue around 1:20 p.m.

A 21-year-old man was on the sidewalk when a vehicle pulled up and someone inside fired shots, police said.

The victim, shot in the body multiple times, was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Area Two detectives are investigating. Police did not immediately provide further information about the shooting.

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