Two people are dead and at least 27 others have been wounded in shootings across the city of Chicago during the Memorial Day weekend. The first fatal shooting of the weekend was reported at approximately 2:14 p.m. Saturday afternoon in the 3100 block of West Ogden Avenue. According to Chicago police, a 26-year-old man was driving eastbound on the roadway.
A 21-year-old man was fatally shot early Thursday just after getting into a ride-share vehicle in the South Shore neighborhood and detectives were investigating his killing as well as several unrelated shootings overnight.
A 7-year-old boy’s ear was grazed by a bullet and a 28-year-old man was shot in the chin Thursday afternoon on the Far South Side, according to Chicago police.