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"textContent": "<p>Seven people were shot, two fatally, in a hail of gunfire early Friday in the Back of the Yards on the South Side.</p><p>Witnesses told police two masked gunmen began walking down the block and opened fire at a group of people in the 5100 block of South Wood Street around 12:25 a.m., police reports said. </p><p>A person whose age wasn’t immediately known was shot in the head, chest and leg and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he died, police said. </p><p>A second male was shot in the abdomen and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he also died, officials said. </p><p>A 23-year-old woman was shot in the head and was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, authorities said. </p><p>Another woman, 30, was shot in the thigh and hand and was taken to Mount Sinai where she was in fair condition, while a 54-year-old man was also in fair condition at Stroger after suffering a gunshot wound to his ankle, police said. </p><p>Two men, 21 and 32, were shot in the back and torso respectively and both were taken to the University of Chicago in good condition, officials said. </p><p>Area 1 detectives were investigating. </p>",
"title": "7 shot, including 2 fatally, in Back of the Yards",
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