NEW REVISED TOTALS - At Least 1 MURDER, AND AT LEAST 26 SHOT & WOUNDED in 4th of July holiday black violence shootings in Chicago / Chiraq

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One person was killed and at least 26 others were wounded in holiday weekend shootings across the city since Thursday night.

The weekend’s only fatal shooting happened at 2:37 a.m. Friday in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, authorities said.

Two men were standing outside in the 2000 block of West 63rd Street when a black vehicle pulled up and someone inside opened fire, striking both of them, police said.

Corey Hudson, 34, of the 6000 block of South Bell Avenue, was dead at the scene, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

The other man, a 35-year-old, was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County in serious condition, police said.

The most recent nonfatal shooting occurred in the East Side neighborhood Saturday morning. A man, 26, was shot in the buttocks about 5:20 a.m. in the 9600 block of South Avenue L, police said. He was taken in good condition to Advocate Trinity Hospital.

About 5 a.m. in the Austin neighborhood, a 23-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the leg in the 5200 block of West Washington Boulevard, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition.

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