Chicago 4th of July Weekend: At Least 58 Shot Wednesday Night to Friday Night

At least 58 people were shot Wednesday night to Friday night on Fourth of July weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago.

ABC 7 / Chicago Sun-Times reported that 11 of the 58 gunshot victims succumbed to their wounds.

At least one of the fatal shootings involved multiple shooters who opened fire Thursday “into a Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood home on the South Side.” An eight-year-old boy and two women were killed in the attack.

NBC 5 noted that the shooters also “left a five-year-old and seven-year-old boy in critical condition.”

ABC 7 / Chicago Sun-Times pointed out that “18 people were shot and two were killed on the July 4th holiday [last year].”

One Chicago resident described Fourth of July as “assassination day.”

The Sun-Times observed that 286 people were killed in Chicago January 1, 2024, through July 5, 2024.

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