At least 18 people were shot, four of them fatally, Friday through Sunday morning alone in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago.
CBS News reported the first fatal shooting of the weekend was a double homicide, leaving a male and a female dead. The two were found in a vehicle “in the 300 block of West 31st Street” Friday shortly after 7 p.m., and both had been shot in the head.
The male and female were pronounced dead at the scene.
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Just after 10:30 p.m. Friday, a 53-year-old man had a “domestic dispute” inside a home and another man drew a gun and shot numerous times. The 53-year-old was transported to a hospital, where he died.
The fourth fatal shooting occurring Friday into Sunday morning happened at 12:40 a.m. Saturday “in the 5400 block of South Shields.” ABC 7 noted that a 40-year-old woman was getting off “a private bus” when someone on the bus shot her. The woman, identified as Odeal G. Curley, died later at a hospital.
The Chicago Sun-Times pointed out that 334 people have been killed in the Windy City so far in 2025.
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