At least 58 people shot in Chicago over the weekend, half of them in the first 12 hours

At least 26 people were shot in Chicago in the first night of the weekend. (Sun-Times file)

At least 58 people were shot in Chicago over the weekend, half of them in just 12 hours late Friday and early Saturday.

At least nine people died from their wounds, including a man killed in a drive-by shooting in a South Loop parking lot and a rider fatally shot on a Red Line train in Chatham on the South Side.