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At Least 3 Killed, 24 Wounded So Far In Chicago Weekend Gun Violence CBS Chicago 10 hrs ago Syndicated Local – CBS Chicago CHICAGO (CBS) — At least 27 people had been shot in Chicago this weekend as of Saturday night, and three of them had been killed. At least two of the surviving victims were under 18. The first fatal shooting happened at 6:48 p.m. Friday. A 26-year-old man was on the street in the 12000 block of South Union Avenue in West Pullman when a vehicle pulled u...

Sun-Times file photo A man was shot to death in a drive-by Friday night in West Pullman on the Far South Side. The 26-year-old was on the street about 6:50 p.m. in the 12000 block of South Union Avenue when a vehicle pulled up and someone from inside fired shots, Chicago police said. He was struck multiple times on the body and he was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead, police said. He hasn’t been identified. Area Two detectives are investigating. ...

At least five shot dead, 17 wounded in Chicago gun violence since Friday night By Sun-Times Media Wire Anthony Lorenzi arrested in murders after Puerto Rican parade in Chicago Anthony Lorenzi has been arrested in murders of Gyovanny Arzuaga and Yasmin Perez after the Puerto Rican parade in Chicago. In this video, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown and Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan talk about the shocking video that led to the arrest. CHICAGO - Five people have been shot dead and 1...

An hour later, a 39-year-old man was shot and killed in the Roseland neighborhood. At approximately 6:21 p.m. in the 1100 block of South Vernon, the victim was on a sidewalk when a light-colored vehicle pulled up. An unknown person inside the vehicle then produced a gun and fired shots, authorities said. The victim sustained a gunshot wound to the chest and was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. In a separate incident, a man of unknown age die...

Adobe Stock Photo A man was killed and another wounded in a shooting Friday in West Pullman on the Far South Side. They were inside of a residence about 5:20 p.m. in the 11800 block of South State Street when someone opened fire, striking them both, Chicago police said. One man, 47, was shot in the head, buttocks and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. His name hasn’t been released. The other man, 34, was struck in the hand and shoulder, police said. He was in critical condition...

Chicagoans celebrating their first relatively normal Fourth of July in two years were met with the usual markers of a long holiday weekend in the summer: scorching heat, fireworks, crowds of people downtown and along the lakefront, and bouts of mayhem, including at least 108 people shot. Among those shot over the long weekend were two police officers, a 6-year-old girl and her mother, and a group of six people. First responders in the city and suburbs were busy with fires and injuries resulting...

That happened around the same time that a 6-year-old girl and a woman were shot in West Pullman and about four hours after an 11-year-old boy and a man were shot in Brainerd on the South Side. Late Sunday afternoon, a 5-year-old girl was shot in a leg, also in West Pullman. Like with other weekend spikes in violence, local media and even woefully understaffed police often struggle to gain an accurate tally of shooting incidents amid the rapidly incoming emergency notifications. Fox News wrote ...

Sun-Times file photo For several years, Jerry Dale Sr. and his neighbors have shut down their block near the border of Roseland and West Pullman for a Fourth of July cookout where everyone sets up lawn chairs outside and mingles while children play and ride bicycles until they’re tuckered out. While the tradition has gone off for a decade without incident, that streak came to an end shortly after 1 a.m. Monday, as the group cleaned up from the festivities. A gray SUV drove down the 100 block...

96 People Shot, Including 2 Cops, 14 Killed in Chicago Over Fourth of July VladTV 8,791 views   •  comments The Fourth of July weekend marked the deadliest and most violent in Chicago this year, as 92 people were shot, with 16 being killed, according to a report from the Chicago Sun-Times. Of the 76 people wounded were six children and teenagers and two Chicago police supervisors.  One incident happened at Washington Park on the South Side, where two men, one 21 and the other 26, were fat...

Nearly 90 people shot in Chicago over July 4 weekend Megan Crepeau View Comments Chicago – At least 90 people have been shot in Chicago since the beginning of the long Independence Day weekend, including two police officers; a 6-year-old girl and her mother; and a group of six people early Monday in the Washington Park neighborhood. Among those, 15 people died from their injuries since Friday afternoon. The Washington Park shooting left two men dead, two women injured and a 12-year-old girl a...