At Least 32 Shot During Weekend in Mayor Johnson’s Chicago

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks during the Democratic National Convention Monday, Aug
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At least 32 people were shot, two of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago.

Breitbart News reported at least 21 people were shot Friday into Sunday morning alone, and one of those shooting victims succumbed to his wounds.

Regarding the non-fatal shootings Friday into Sunday morning, FOX 32 indicated one of the incidents occurred near Chicago’s famed Magnificent Mile shortly after 1:30 a.m. Saturday. A 24-year-old man and a 67-year-old man, both of whom were standing in different places, were wounded when someone began shooting. Both men were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

By Monday morning, the overall number of shooting victims had risen to 32, according to CBS News.

The weekend’s second fatal shooting occurred at 11:23 a.m. Sunday “in the 3100 block of West Luis Munoz Marin Drive,” after a fight turned into shots being fired. A 47-year-old man was shot and killed, and two other men were stabbed and hospitalized in stable condition.

AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio, a member of Gun Owners of America, a Pulsar Night Vision pro-staffer, and the director of global marketing for Lone Star Hunts. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and has a Ph.D. in Military History. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly: awrhawkins@breitbart.com. 

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