Murder victims had been shot – twice – before

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Chicago Sun-Times reporter Frank Main tells the story of Bruce Wright and Brian Weekly, two men shot dead in Chicago who had been shooting victims before.

The first two shootings didn’t kill them.

But the third one did.

Two recent Chicago murder victims survived earlier gunshot wounds before they were killed, police confirmed Thursday. Bruce Wright, a parolee, was killed Tuesday on the Northwest Side, and Brian Weekly died last month on the South Side.

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Police pointed to the two killings as examples of the difficulties in stopping violence in Chicago. Victims refuse to help detectives — and often wind up dead.

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