At least fourteen people were shot, two of them fatally, during the weekend in Democrat-controlled Chicago, Illinois.
According to CBS News, the weekend’s first deadly shooting took place Friday shortly after 5:40 p.m., following an argument between a 42-year-old man and another guy. The second man pulled a gun and shot the 42-year-old several times.
The 42-year-old was taken to the hospital, where he died.
The second deadly shooting of the weekend took place at 11:40 p.m. on Saturday “in the area of the 5100 block of West Chicago Avenue.” Officers responded to the sound of gunfire and found a man on the ground with a gunshot wound to his head. The man was transferred to a hospital and ultimately died.
NBC Chicago reported that shootings increased in the Windy City in February and March, particularly in one week: “[T]here were 32 shootings in the city between March 23 and March 29.”
Shootings in Chicago increased 15% over March 2025.
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