Violence continues in Chicago with more fatal shootings

Chicago police at the scene where at least six people were shot in the 2000 block of East 71st Street in the South Shore neighbourhood (Tyler LaRiviere/AP)

Two separate shootings left two people dead and at least 15 wounded in Chicago, police said, as the US city that this month recorded its 300th homicide for the year saw more violence.

A woman died, and four men and a teenager were wounded, when an vehicle drove by as they stood outside in the South Shore area and shots were fired just before 9pm, police said.