At least 43 people have been shot, nine fatally, in Chicago shootings so far this Memorial Day weekend, police said.
Chicago shootings this Memorial Day weekend have left at least 43 people shot, nine fatally, according to police.Memorial Day weekend violence has left nine people dead and 34 others wounded, Chicago police said.
The violence happening despite Mayor Brandon Johnson's new safety plan, to increase police on the streets and include community groups to help curb violence in the city. Meanwhile in Englewood, Mayor Johnson joined community members in a game of cards at an event aimed to bring families together to prevent gun violence.
Another man has died after being shot in Woodlawn Saturday night, police said. The man, 26, was leaving a gas station in the 500-block of East 67th Street around 10:55 p.m. when someone in a white SUV fired shots, according to Chicago police. He was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center with multiple gunshot wounds to the back. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. No one is in custody and detectives are investigating.
Earlier Saturday morning, a man was shot and killed in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side. At about 3:20 a.m., Johnathan Salgado, 22, was standing on the sidewalk in the 2400-block of South Homan Avenue when he was shot in the chest, according to Chicago police. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he later died, police said. No one was in custody.one fatally, in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood, police said.
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