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Shootings in Chicago over the July Fourth weekend left 19 people dead, including two women who died shielding children from gunfire, and more than 100 injured.
At least 15 people were killed and 87 others were hurt in shootings during the Fourth of July weekend across Chicago as of Friday. The ages of the victims range from 5 to 74. Three mass shootings happened during the weekend.
Un tiroteo en una fiesta en Detroit dejó dos muertos y más de una docena de heridos, al cierre de un violento fin de semana festivo en Estados Unidos en que también se cometieron tiroteos masivos en el estado de Kentucky y la ciudad de Chicago.
More than 100 people were shot in Chicago this past July 4th weekend, and 19 were killed. Charlie De Mar talked with the family of a West Side man who lost his life.
Mayor Brandon Johnson said he has asked federal authorities “to respond to the mass shootings in the city of Chicago … just like they do in other places in this country.” But he also called on residents “to step up to say that we’ve had enough.
The shootings happened between 6 p.m. on July 3 and 6 a.m. on July 7, according to the Chicago Police Major Incident Notifications system. Two more people were shot on July 7. Among those killed during the weekend shootings was an 8-year-old boy.
Chicago police have confirmed 109 people were shot, 19 fatally, across the city over the Fourth of July weekend.
More than a hundred people in Chicago were shot, 19 fatally, during a holiday weekend marred by an eye-popping eruption of violence — as the city’s mayor called to punish those who make a “choice to kill” and said there “will be consequences” for the gunmen.
Seven people were shot, one fatally, Sunday night and into Monday morning in Minneapolis. But Police Chief Brian O'Hara says it's a marked improvement from past Fourth of July weekends.
One hundred and nine people have been shot, 19 fatally, in gun violence across Chicago since Wednesday during the extended Fourth of July holiday weekend, police said.
The tally of Independence Day weekend gun violence in Chicago this year marks around a 27% increase in shootings over last year
At least 17 people have been killed and 82 others wounded by gunfire in Chicago so far over the extended Fourth of July holiday weekend. Sun-Times Seventeen people have been killed and at least 82 wounded during shootings in Chicago over the extended Fourth of July weekend.
The number of shootings – which totaled 109 victims between Thursday and Sunday – surpassed last year's holiday weekend total.
The number of shootings – which totaled 109 victims between Thursday and Sunday – surpassed last year’s holiday weekend total, Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling and Mayor Brandon Johnson said in a Monday press conference.
A total of 109 people were shot this July 4th weekend in Chicago, compared to 57 people shot last year. Megan Hickey reports.
Six people were shot in three separate shootings since Sunday night in Minneapolis, leaving one dead and three others with serious injuries.
Gun violence is down across America this year but it peaks every summer and Chicago’s Fourth of July weekend bore the data out, with 109 people shot, including 19 fatally, police said in a Monday news conference.
Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling are calling on communities to help police after an especially violent July 4th holiday weekend saw at least 17 people killed and 89 others wounded in shootings across the city.
Nearly 100 people were shot, 19 fatally, across Chicago between midnight on July 4 and midnight Monday. Chicago police Supt. Larry Snelling and Mayor Brandon Johnson will address the holiday weekend violence at 9 a.
Shootings and other violence during the extended Fourth of July weekend have left at least 42 people dead, including 19 in Chicago, and injured dozens more nationwide, authorities said.
It’s been a violent several days in St. Louis City. The most recent shooting happened near the Horseshoe Casino downtown on North Second Street, as a man is suffering from critical injuries. The incident happened around 2:30 Monday morning.
Mayor Johnson is asking for more help from the federal government to combat gun violence in the city. Yahoo Sports
More than 100 people were shot and 19 were killed in Chicago over the four-day Fourth of July weekend, according to police.