Chicago shootings: 53 shot, 10 fatally, in Memorial Day weekend gun violence across city
Chicago shootings: 53 shot, 10 fatally, in Memorial Day weekend gun violence across the city
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CHICAGO At least 53 people have been shot in Chicago during the Memorial Day weekend, 10 of whom have died, according to police.
The shooting victims, who represent every neighborhood in the city, are between the ages of 2 and 77.
Despite a coordinated public safety operation that the new mayor plans to put in place all summer, the violence nevertheless took place.
A man was shot in the face at a South Chicago residence, badly wounding him, and another man was shot in the back in Back of the Yards.
According to police, at around 1:45 a.m., someone drove up and opened fire on three people who were standing on the sidewalk in the 9100 block of South Harper Avenue.
A 59-year-old man, a 57-year-old woman, and a 77-year-old man
were all hit and transported to local hospitals. Over the weekend, 35-year-old William Hair's family spoke to
ABC7 about what happened to their loved one early Saturday morning in Lakeview. "He was there with his best friend. They pulled up and didn't have a chance to do anything. His best friend, thank God, was with him,
and valiantly tried to save his life, and performed CPR, helped him breathe. My
son fought for his life, but he was gone," Bill said. Hair was one of five people shot over the past four days in
Lakeview, police are saying they plan to increase patrols in that area. Sunday night, police say a 2-year-old boy was shot while playing in a bedroom with an adult when a gun went off - the boy was hit in the
right hand. "Over the weekend, poverty didn't disappear. We know,
for example, that traumatized and neglected neighborhoods present themselves in
various ways, according to Mayor Johnson. To draw attention to the violence this weekend, local
activists and residents of Lakeview are gathering for a press conference.