Chicago reels from bloody July 4 weekend with 109 people shot — 19 fatally
Chicago was plagued by bloodshed during the the long Fourth of July holiday weekend, with 109 people shot and 19 killed, authorities said.
Chicago was plagued by bloodshed during the the long Fourth of July holiday weekend, with 109 people shot and 19 killed, authorities said.
There were a total of 74 shooting incidents in the Windy City from Wednesday, July 3 to Sunday, July 7 — including three mass shootings, according to data released by police.
The youngest victim was 8-year-old Bryson Orr, who was killed along with two female relatives in a shooting at a home in the Grand Crossing neighborhood the morning of July 4. Two other boys, aged 5 and 7, were injured in that shooting, NBC Chicago reported.
On Friday, eight people were shot in a mass shooting in Chicago’s Little Italy neighborhood including teenagers and a 74-year-old woman. Police said preliminary information indicates there was an exchange of gunfire between two unidentified offenders who fled the scene.
Last year, 11 people were killed and 62 were injured over the holiday weekend, according to the NBC Chicago.
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