- One man was beaten to death at a CTA station, a 16-year-old boy was fatally shot and eleven other people were wounded in separate acts of violence across the city this weekend.
Police said the 37-year-old beating victim died from injuries suffered in a fight with another man on the platform of the 43rd Street CTA Green Line station on the South Side, about 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
Sanchez Mixon, of the 3300 block of South Michigan Avenue was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he died at 12:13 p.m., police said. No arrests had been made by Saturday evening.
At 7 p.m. A 16-year-old boy was shot in the back and shoulder in the Gage Park neighborhood on the South Side Saturday night.
Police said the teen was in the 2400 block of West 58th Street when he was shot.
Arrell Monogan, of the 7900 block of South Escanaba Avenue, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 8:23 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.
No arrests have been made as police continued to investigate.
The snow and chill is keeping numbers low - or lower than last year. But you can see it brewing every time the temps climb above freezing. This isn't the first week of double-digit maimings lately. Be careful and watch your backs.
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