At least 58 people were shot in Chicago, under Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson, between Wednesday night and Friday night over the Independence Day weekend.
ABC7 / Chicago Sun Times report Of the 58 shooting victims, 11 died from their injuries.
At least one of the deadly shootings was the result of multiple gunmen opening fire “at a home in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side” on Thursday, killing an 8-year-old boy and two women.
Broadcast on NBC5 I got it. The shooters also “left two boys, ages 5 and 7, in critical condition,” he said.
ABC7 / Chicago Sun-Times It pointed out “18 people shot, 2 killed on July 4th holiday” [last year].”
One Chicago resident described the Fourth of July as “Assassination Day.”
of Sun Times Observed Between January 1, 2024 and July 5, 2024, 286 people died in Chicago.
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