At least 25 individuals were shot and wounded, another six were killed, over Labor Day Weekend in Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s (D) Chicago.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that one of the fatal shootings took the life of 25-year-old Shane Colombo, an incoming doctoral student at Northwestern University.
Colombo was shot at bus stop in the Rogers Park Neighborhood around 8:25 pm Sunday when he was hit in the abdomen by a stray bullet. He was pronounced dead at 9:20 pm.
Another man, 41-year-old Norris Anderson, was shot and killed in West Pullman neighborhood around 4:25 am. Police gave chase to a suspect they believe may be involved in that murder but he escaped.
Prior to the deaths of Colombo and Anderson, Breitbart News had already reported four gun-related deaths and 21 wounded in Chicago between Friday and Sunday evening. Those shooting victims included ten wounded and two killed on Sunday alone.
Fox News reports over a 1,000 people have been shot in Chicago since Memorial Day. As of August 27, 2018, the Chicago Tribune reported 2,006 shooting victims year-to-date in Emanuel’s Chicago.
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