(NBC CHICAGO) At least nine people were killed and more than 35 others wounded in shootings around Chicago from Friday afternoon through early Monday morning.
One shooting left five children injured in what witnesses said was a drive-by near East 67th Street and South Michigan Avenue, in the city's Park Manor neighborhood.
The kids were coming from a park near Brownell Elementary School at about 7:30 p.m. when witnesses say a car pulled up and someone in the car asked them a question. The group fled but someone in the car opened fire, striking four girls and one boy, witnesses said.
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