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Two men died Sunday after being wounded in a triple shooting on the north side while the Milwaukee Police Department continues to investigate a wave of incidents that occurred late Saturday night and early Sunday within 20 minutes of each other.

Three people were shot at N. 11th St. and W. Atkinson Ave. around 1:40 p.m. Sunday. A 31-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene while a 49-year-old man died at a hospital. The third victim, a 48-year-old man, was in stable condition, police said.

Later Sunday, police responded to another shooting. A 24-year-old man was wounded in the 2500 block of W. Vliet St. around 8 p.m. His gunshot wound was not life-threatening.

About 11:45 p.m. Saturday, a 37-year-old woman was shot in the 2400 block of W. Medford Ave. Police said the victim was treated at a hospital for injuries and was expected to survive. The shooting was termed accidental.

The second shooting occurred five minutes later in the 1500 block of N. 22nd St., when a 40-year-old man was shot. Police said he was in grave condition at a hospital. The motive wasn't known, and there were no suspects in custody.

At 12:05 a.m. Sunday, a 24-year-old man was shot in the 1700 block of N. 35th St., in an apparent robbery. He was being treated at a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. Police said they had no suspects in custody.

The shootings come on the heels of a violent Friday in which two men were injured in separate shootings on Milwaukee's north side, police said.

In addition, five people were wounded earlier in the week in four separate shootings in Milwaukee, including an 11-year-old girl.

The violence occurred during Ceasefire Week, which featured a four-hour gun buyback Saturday. Cars lined up and waited for Milwaukee police officers wearing bullet-resistant vests to take the guns out of vehicle trunks, bags or cases, briefly inspect them and then hand out prepaid cards for each gun relinquished.

The program collected 353 firearms, which included 234 handguns, 115 rifles and four assault-type guns, said Mayor Tom Barrett.