A woman was grazed when her ex-boyfriend shot at her Friday in Chatham on the South Side.

The weekend violence toll remained low Saturday afternoon as two people were shot on the South Side since Friday evening.

In the latest attack, a man was shot about 1:45 p.m. Saturday at a home in Roseland.

Someone fired shots at the 33-year-old inside a home in the first block of East 100th Street, Chicago police said. He showed up at Roseland Hospital with gunshot wounds to both his legs, and his condition was not known.

Friday evening, a woman was shot in Chatham.

The woman, 26, was arguing with her ex-boyfriend through the door of her home about 8:40 p.m. Friday in the 8100 block of South Ellis Avenue, Chicago police said.

When the woman refused to let the 27-year-old man in, he fired shots into the home, grazing her on the chest, police said. The woman was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center for treatment.

Last weekend, six people were killed and 21 others wounded in shootings citywide.

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People usually jump into Lake Michigan for the annual Polar Plunge, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, groups are doing it separately and finding creative ways to join.

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many to reimagine traditions, and that includes the Polar Plunge, an annual rite that usually sends thousands of people jumping into the freezing waters of Lake Michigan to raise money for Special Olympics Chicago.

Instead, teachers and students took the tradition inland Saturday morning to the campus of St. Patrick High School in the Belmont Central neighborhood, where they ran across a football field, threw rubber chickens through hula hoops, did pushups and plunged into a pool filled with snow and water.

The Northwest Side school, which has been participating in the Polar Plunge for the past five years, raised about $10,700 for Special Olympics Chicago and Special Children’s Charities this year, according to Christopher Perez, St. Patrick’s assistant principal.

“We have to stay safe. That’s the No. 1 priority, especially during a pandemic,” said Dominic Sabella, an alumnus who took part. “If they have to change, they have to change to the new safety protocols, but being able to still participate in the tradition is really big and important.”

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Students did likewise earlier in the week at Marist High School, running through an elaborate obstacle course with a “polar cannon” shooting out water like a fire hydrant.

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Organizers of the citywide Polar Plunge called off the in-person event earlier this year, opting instead for a virtual fundraiser which runs through Sunday at www.chicagopolarplunge.org. They encourage participants to “plunge safely in a setting of their choosing, whether it be jumping in the snow or running through a sprinkler.”

Since the first Polar Plunge 22 years ago, participants have raised more than $24 million in for charity and other programming statewide.

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Three people, including a child, were hurt after a fire broke out at a high-rise Saturday on the Southwest Side.

The blaze was reported about 12:30 p.m. at an apartment building in the 4300 block of West Ford City Drive, Chicago fire officials said.

Firefighters encountered heavy smoke inside and extinguished the fire by 1:28 p.m., officials said.

A child and two adults were taken to Holy Cross Hospital in fair-to-serious condition, officials said. Details on their injuries were not released.

The blaze was contained to one apartment and appears to have started in the kitchen, officials said.

Two other people refused medical attention, officials said.

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Mount Carmel’s football team, which was told on Wednesday that it wouldn’t be allowed to practice until March 15, was back at practice on Saturday and plans to play its Week 1 game against Montini.

“No football player was involved in the case at Mount Carmel this week,” Mount Carmel Athletic Director Dan LaCount said in an email. “Under the guidance of our team physician, our varsity and freshman practiced today safely in cohorts or pods.”

Multiple sources confirmed that Mount Carmel president Edward Hughes emailed the school’s faculty and staff Wednesday, saying the campus and all sports are shut down until March 15.

According to the email, Mount Carmel was on remote learning last week after a student tested positive for COVID-19. The school returned to in-person learning this week, but then another student tested positive.

That put an immediate end to the basketball season and appeared to signal the Caravan’s football team, the defending Class 7A state champions, would miss Week 1 of the football season and may have missed Week 2.

Mount Carmel’s basketball team finished the season with a 4-4 record after losing to DePaul Prep on Wednesday. The football team is scheduled to open the season March 19 at Montini and then travel to Loyola on March 27.

Illinois High School Association rules require 12 practice days (Sundays not included) to play a game.

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