Posted on 06/20/2023 1:47:36 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago shootings over the holiday weekend have left more than 75 shot, 13 fatally, police said.
The latest shootings attacked groups of teenagers.
Gunfire erupted in the West Garfield Park as three teens were standing on a front porch in the 3800-block of Gladys Avenue when someone in a dark-colored car opened fire, police said.
Just a few hours earlier and less than two-miles away, police said a 14-year-old boy walking down the block in the 100-block of North Francisco Avenue when an unknown gunman opened fire on him. He was struck in the right arm and right leg and transported to a hospital in fair condition.
On the South Side, 32-year old father of four Brian Ross, was gunned down along with another men during a large Father's Day gathering at Smith Park in the Roseland community.
On the South Side, where violence at a Father's Day gathering in a park left two men dead.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said on Monday that every loss of life is heartbreaking.
The weekend violence touched many other parts of the city. A shooting in Lincoln Park near the zoo left five people injured. On the West Side, two teens were shot, one of them killed near Garfield Park.
"Every time I read and hear about another life that is lost because of violence, my heart breaks," Johnson said. "Fifteen-year-olds, 14-year-olds, you all know I'm raising children in Chicago. It hurts."
There was another shooting on the CTA Red Line at a station in Chinatown. And, in River North, home security video showed a man being chased down and shot on Erie Street.
Johnson would not say if anything specific in the policing strategy needs to change to stem the violence, which he says is a problem he inherited.
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Happy Father’s Day AND Juneteenth everybody !
Can we please expand Juneteenth for a week? We can trade 4 useless fed holidays for this. Say Columbus Day, MLK day, Labor Day, and another.
Ex-Mayor Beetlejuice: “Miss me yet ?”
Some would happily end July 4th for Juneteenth.
Another LBJ murder mystery of who yo daddy.
“Final Score” *snort*snort*
Think there might be a way to get them to celebrate this holiday every month?
seems like some had a blast.
It seems they celebrate it every day.
Black Lives Don’t Matter to Leftists as long as they get the requisite amount of votes. They let them do as they please.
Now THAT’S institutional racism there.
Let’s shoot for triple-digits next year.
What’s the most confusing annual event in the world? Father’s day in Harlem.
black culture violence.
Darwin 75, Mayor Brandon Johnson 0.
75 in 72 hours! Keep up the good work!
I think more people got shot in Chicago in one day than in Bakhmut
Have to check with "Hey, Jackass!"
The next President must ABOLISH Juneteenth as a Federal holiday, in order to save lives!!!!
Chicago should celebrate Juneteenth every weekend.
Juneteenth shootings all over the country!!!!
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shootings-juneteenth-weekend-dead-injured/
Abolish Juneteenth!!!!
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