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Two dead, 13 injured at Chicago party

At least fifteen people were shot, including two fatally, in a shootout that broke out Sunday morning at a business in Chicago’s Park Manor neighborhood.

An argument allegedly erupted between several people attending a party, before shots were fired around 4:45 am, Chicago police said, according to reports from the local Chicago Sun-Times daily.

Fifteen individuals aged 20 to 44 were then hit by the bullets, including two people who were declared dead on the spot, said the spokesman of the firefighters of the city, Larry Merritt.

The victims who were in serious, even critical condition, were all taken to hospitals.

If multiple pieces of evidence were identified outside the building, investigators would appear to be focusing their analysis inside the building.

A photo of the scene shared by the firefighters on their Twitter account also shows several scattered balloons, an abandoned shoe, but also the presence of blood on the sidewalk facing the door of the building, said the American media.

The shooting is one of the most violent recently recorded in this Illinois city in terms of the number of injured.

Authorities have already responded to 393 shooting incidents since the start of 2021, representing a 31% increase over the same period the year before, the Chicago Sun-Times added.

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