67 shot, 13 fatally, over Fourth of July weekend in Chicago so far

The Chicago Sun-Times ^ | July 5, 2020 | by Sun-Times Wire

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Thirteen people have been killed and at least 54 others injured in shootings across Chicago so far over the Fourth of July weekend.

Nine of the weekend’s victims were minors, and two of the children died from their injuries.

A 14-year-old boy was among four people killed in a shooting that wounded four others Saturday night in Englewood on the South Side.

They were at a large gathering in the street about 11:35 p.m. in the 6100 block of South Carpenter Street when four males walked up and started shooting, according to Chicago police. The 14-year-old boy was hit in the back and pronounced dead at Comer Children’s Hospital.

Three other male victims were pronounced dead, two at the scene and one at the University of Chicago Medical Center, police said. Their ages were not immediately known.

An 11-year-old boy with a graze wound to the ankle and a 15-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to the abdomen were both taken to Comer in fair condition, police said.

A 35-year-old man shot in the hip, leg, arm and wrist was taken to St. Bernard Hospital and transferred to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, police said. A 29-year-old man shot in the foot was taken to St. Bernard Hospital in fair condition.

Earlier that evening, a 7-year-old girl was killed at a Fourth of July party in Austin on the West Side.

[Texas resident]

Gun control activists want to disarm people who live outside the big cities, but have no problem with thugs in the cites with firearms. They also don’t seem to notice the Mexican drug cartels who are armed up and are in every major American city.

[Texas resident]

80 Lives don’t matter.

[N. Theknow]

Maybe Bubba Wallace can drive his BLM car through these neighborhoods to raise awareness while handing out T-shirts with “Hands up! Don’t shoot” printed on them. The dead can each get an “I can’t breathe” T-shirt.