Chicago saw a violent weekend, with 30 shootings between Friday night and Sunday night.
Thirty-four people were shot and eight were killed, according to Chicago Police Department statistics.
The incidents occurred between 6 p.m. on April 2 and 11:59 p.m. on April 4. Two additional shootings occurred Friday afternoon.
The violence began at approximately 2:18 p.m. when a 19-year-old man was shot in the 5000 block of West Monroe. He was taken to a hospital and was last reported in good condition. No suspects were in custody.
Another shooting occurred less than an hour later in the 4000 block of West Potomac. A male victim of unknown age “heard gunshots and felt pain.” He was treated for a gunshot wound to the foot. No suspects were in custody.
Two other shootings occurred on Friday, including a 54-year-old man who was hit in the leg and taken to Loyola Hospital in serious condition.
Six additional shootings occurred on Saturday before 6 a.m. In one case, around 1:20 a.m., a green pickup truck with an unknown number of occupants began shouting gang slogans before opening fire on a 25-year-old man who trying to pump gasoline. in the 7700 block of South Kedzie. The victim was beaten and rushed to hospital.
Easter Sunday was especially violent, with 16 shootings and a series of homicides.
The violence began before 1 a.m., when a 38-year-old man driving east on West 37th Street heard gunshots and was in pain. A bullet had passed through the rear window and hit him in the right arm. The man was taken to Mercy Hospital in good condition.
Five more shootings were reported before 7 a.m.
In one of the killings, two men were driving north on North Humboldt Drive around 8 p.m. when two men approached the vehicle on separate orange dirt bikes and began shooting as the vehicle passed. A 19-year-old in the car was struck in the neck and pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital. The other man survived, but is in critical condition at St. Mary’s Hospital.
Another murder took place shortly before midnight. A 45-year-old man was found on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest on South Throop Street.
“The victim was unable to communicate details about the incident due to the severity of his injuries,” police said in a summary of the incident. The man was taken to hospital and pronounced dead.
There are no suspects in custody for any of the shootings that took place over the weekend.
The previous weekend saw 23 shootings, 30 people shot and three murders.
Most major cities in the US, including Chicago, experienced an increase in the homicide rate in 2020.
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