Over 56 Shot by Sunday Morning on Father’s Day Weekend in Chicago

Police stepped up patrols near Belmont and Central avenues in Portage Park after a shootin
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More than 56 people were shot, nine fatally, by Sunday morning on Father’s Day Weekend in Democrat-controlled Chicago.

WLS reports “two teen boys and a three-year-old are among the dead.”

The three-year-old boy was killed when a car pulled up next to his father’s car and the occupants opened fire “just before 6:30 p.m. Saturday night.” The three-year-old was shot in the back and the wound proved fatal.

NBC Chicago reports a 13-year-old girl was shot and killed in a separate incident.

Breitbart News reported over 30 were shot, two fatally, in Chicago last weekend. Thirty-five were shot, five fatally, the weekend prior.

Police in Democrat-controlled Cleveland are investigating six shootings which occurred between Saturday morning and Sunday morning in their city.

Fox 8 reports the shootings began Saturday around 9 a.m., with the last one occurring Sunday about 6 a.m.

The individuals were all shot while outside and the conditions of all victims are not known.

AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkinsa weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio. Follow him on Twitter: @AWRHawkins. Reach him at awrhawkins@breitbart.com. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange.

 

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