Weekend violence toll: 2 shot in Chicago this weekendSun-Times Wireon March 6, 2021 at 9:18 pm

One person was shot since 5 p.m. March 5, 2021 in Chicago.
Two person have been shot since 5 p.m. March 5, 2021, in Chicago. | Sun-Times file photo

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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