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Among the dead are 5-year-old Reign Ware, who was fatally shot in the abdomen while sitting in a parked car in the 200 block of South Campbell Avenue about 3:30 a.m. Sunday, police said.
At least nine people were killed and more than 40 others were wounded during a once again violent Memorial Day weekend in Chicago.
The incident comes during a once again violent Memorial Day weekend in Chicago, with at least 41 people shot and nine of them killed as of Monday night.
Five years after pledging to firm up recordkeeping on incidents where police officers point their weapons at people while performing their duties, the Chicago Police Department is still chasing goals outlined in a federal consent decree guiding reform.
The police department pledged to honor a federal consent decree that required officers to report whenever they pointed a weapon at someone. Only 12 incidents have been reported, despite nearly 17,000 occurrences.