Chicago was plagued by bloodshed during the long Fourth of July holiday weekend, when 109 people were shot and 19 were killed, authorities said. There were 74 shooting incidents in the city M ore than 100 people in Chicago were shot, including 19 fatally, during a violent Fourth of July weekend that has left dozens of people dead and hundreds more injured across the U.S., officials said. In 2023, 11 people were killed and 62 wounded over the Fourth of July weekend in Chicago, which stretched over four days. July 1-4. This year’s holiday violence includes four mass shootings Gun violence is down across America this year but it peaks every summer and Chicago’s Fourth of July weekend bore the data out, with 109 people shot, including 19 fatally, police said in a Sen. Tammy Duckworth, right, D-Ill., speaks as Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker listens at a news conference at Highland Park Fire Department station 33., after a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade in downtown Highland Park, a Chicago suburb, on Monday, July 4, 2022. Chicago is bracing for another violent 4th of July weekend as Fox News political analyst Gianno Caldwell continues to fight for answers in his brother's 2022 murder in the Windy City. CHICAGO (WLS) -- The city of Chicago continues to grapple with gun violence, which impacts hundreds of people every year. As of July 7, 2024, there have been almost 1,200 total reported shootings Last year, over 100 people were shot during the holiday weekend. Chicago shootings to start Fourth of July weekend see 2 killed, 8 wounded across the city The victims included two women killed and three young boys wounded in a Greater Grand Crossing shooting Mayor hardens stance on gun violence after more than 100 people shot in Chicago during holiday weekend Johnson, who called on the feds to help, said those who did the shootings made “a choice to Gun violence is down across America this year but it peaks every summer and Chicago’s Fourth of July weekend bore the data out, with 109 people shot, including 19 fatally, police said in a CHICAGO — Chicago experienced a spate of gun violence over the long Fourth of July holiday weekend during which 102 people were shot, including at least a dozen fatally, according to police One hundred and nine people were shot, 19 fatally, in gun violence across Chicago from midnight Wednesday to midnight Monday during the extended Fourth of July holiday weekend, police Gun violence is down across America this year but it peaks every summer and Chicago’s Fourth of July weekend bore the data out, with 109 people shot, including 19 fatally, police said in a CHICAGO - The long July Fourth weekend in Chicago began with four men shot in Chicago Lawn and ended with five people shot and a man beaten to death in an attack in Englewood. Of those shot, 24 were in mass shootings in Greater Grand Crossing, the Near West Side, Douglas and Austin. At least 19 people have been killed and 86 others wounded by gunfire in Chicago over the extended Fourth of July holiday weekend. Chicago denounces gun violence after 109 shot, 19 fatally, during Fourth of July weekend Experts have said gun violence often surges during the summer months as temperatures rise and large groups Shootings and other violence during the extended Fourth of July weekend have left at least 33 people dead, including 11 in Chicago, and injured dozens more nationwide, authorities said. Chicago's explosive Fourth of July weekend left 19 people dead and more than 100 others wounded in shootings, including multiple mass shootings, across the Windy City in a four-day span, Chicago authorities are gearing up for a potentially violent July 4th weekend. Concerns about increased gun violence and gang activity are at the forefront of their preparations. The city has seen a troubling surge in shootings and homicides this year, with over 300 murders reported so far.
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