Nearly 20 Shot Friday into Saturday Night Across Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Chicago

Nearly 20 people were shot, five of them fatally, Friday into Saturday night across Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago.

ABC 7 / Chicago Sun-Times reported 19 people were shot in the city by 5:23 p.m. Saturday.

As for fatal shootings, a 16-yearold with multiple gunshot wounds was discovered Friday around 10:15 p.m. in the 1200 block of West 81st Street. He was transported to a hospital and pronounced dead.

A 40-year-old was shot and fatally wounded Friday around 11:30 p.m. while on the sidewalk “in the first block of East Lake Street.” He fled into the lobby of a hotel after being shot and succumbed to his wounds.

A group of people were standing “in the 7900 block of South Marshfield Avenue” when someone opened fire Saturday morning about 1 a.m. A 40-year-old man was shot and transported to the hospital, where he died.

Someone opened fire on a 49-year-old man “in the 6500 block of South Kedzie Avenue” Saturday at 1:45 a.m. He died at the scene.

The Sun-Times noted that the fifth shooting fatality happened about 12:15 a.m. Saturday, when someone walked up to a group of people “in the 1400 block of South Spaulding Avenue” and opened fire. A 40-year-old man was shot multiple times and died after being transported to a hospital.

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