At least 18 people were shot, three of them fatally, Friday into Saturday night across Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) troubled Chicago.
ABC 7 / Chicago Sun-Times reported three fatal weekend shootings, beginning with a 26-year-old man who was shot multiple times at 10:35 a.m. Saturday while standing “in the 1100 block of North Waller Avenue.”
The 26-year-old man was standing outside when he was shot. He was rushed to a hospital where he died.
At 2:25 p.m. “near South Damen Avenue and West 17th Street” a man was shot and fatally wounded while “traveling in a vehicle.” A crash followed the shooting and the man was taken to a hospital, where he died.
A 27-year-old man was shot in his neck while inside a home “in the 400 block of West 104th Street” around 6:15 p.m. Saturday. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Lori Lightfoot, mayor of Chicago, speaks during a news conference in Chicago, Illinois, US, on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. Lightfoot defended her public safety strategy on Wednesday after city council members, residents and a watchdog group expressed concerns over police department staffing and a lack of budget transparency. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty)
Breitbart News pointed out over 50 people were shot last weekend in Lightfoot’s Chicago, and 11 of those shooting victims succumbed to their wounds.
The Sun-Times noted 578 people were killed in Chicago January 1, 2022, through October 29, 2022.
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