US Politics | Three-year-old boy shot dead in another weekend of violence in Chicago that also killed three and injured 19

A THREE-YEAR-OLD has been shot and killed during a weekend of gun violence in Chicago that left three others dead and 19 more wounded. Mateo Zastro, 3, was in the car with his mother when an angry driver hunted them down. Family HandoutMateo Zastro, 3, (pictured) was fatally shot during a ...road rage incident' '/ ' ABC 7Three others died and 19 more were injured during shootings in Chicago this weekend '/ ' The incident started around 8.30pm on Friday on the Southwest Side. Police said ...the mother attempted to flee from the other vehicle of the road rage incident.... The driver was able to catch up to the mother and someone in the backseat of the red sedan fired shots at her car. One of the bullets hit Mateo in the head, while others hit a nearby home. Read more on shootings SHOPPING HORROR Mall put on lockdown after shots fired in food court as police swarm area HIGH SCHOOL HORROR Boy, 17, shot dead in high school shooting at homecoming game The mother kept driving and Mateo was taken to Christ Hospital. However, the little boy didn't make it \- he died hours later on Saturday morning. The shooting is under investigation and police have vowed to make sure Mateo's killer is held accountable, ABC7 reported. Three other shootings on Saturday resulted in three more lives lost. Most read in The US Sun SHOCK ADMISSION JJ Watt reveals major health scare after someone tried to leak private info 'RIGHT TIME' Gabby Petito movie actor breaks silence to defend film after shock admission FINAL VIDEO Drafted Russian rapper takes his own life telling fans 'I'm not ready to kill' TOO GROWN Kourtney Kardashian's daughter Penelope looks grown with dark makeup in new pics ON EDGE Serial killer fears after 43 murders in same area show chilling pattern JOY COMES THROUGH The View's Joy Behar shuts down Alyssa Farah Griffin on live TV At around 11.40am, a man was found dead inside a home in South Loop, according to police. The man was shot in the head. Police have yet to identify the man and no arrests were made so far. Hours later at around 1.20pm a 30-year-old man was shot in the head in Roseland on the South Side, police said. He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he later died. No one is in custody yet. Later that night at around 9.05pm, a 21-year-old man was shot multiple times just hours after the 30-year-old man was killed on the same block in Roseland. Witnesses said they heard gunshots, but didn't see who fired them. The victim was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he later died. No arrests have been made. INJURED TEENS At around 1.27pm on Saturday a 14-year-old was shot in Burnside on the South Side. The teen was walking when someone approached them from behind and shot them in the leg and shoulder. Police said the victim was taken to Comer Children's Hospital in stable condition. No arrests have been made, but police are investigating. Later that night at around 6.20pm, a 14-year-old boy and a 19-year-old man were standing in the street in Grand Crossing on the South Side. Then a car drove up next to them and someone opened fire, according to the police. The 14-year-old was shot in the left shoulder and taken to Comer Children's Hospital. He was listed in good condition, the cops said. The 19-year-old was shot in the right thigh and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, also in good condition. No one is in custody as of yet. In the same neighborhood, later that night at around 10.45pm, a 27-year-old woman was fighting with someone in an alley when a man opened fire. He hit her in the left side of her body, police said. She was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition. No arrested have been made. Republican Darren Bailey, who is running for Governor of Illinois, condemned the gun violence in Chicago calling it ...out of control.... He said: ...Chicago is living the purge when criminals ravage at will and the cops are told to stand down.... Read More on The US Sun WICKED HUMOR Jeffrey Dahmer used sarcasm to evade capture at least 6 times, author reveals SAM'S STRUGGLES GMA's Sam Champion shares update in new video following 'brutal injury' ...More people have been murdered in Chicago this year than New York City and Los Angeles combined.... Bailey made a note of the SAFE-T Act in Illinois which critics call the ...Purge' law due to the fear of criminals being released onto the streets. ABC 7Bullets hit a nearby home after the road rage incident turned into a shooting '/ '

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