The announcement comes after an especially violent holiday weekend in Chicago, and multiple shootings again overnight.
CHICAGO -- Gov. JB Pritzker is expected to announce a $100 million investment to expand violence prevention programs in Chicago , saying ' gun violence in Chicago is a public health crisis.'At least 19 people were killed and 89 others were wounded in shootings over the extended 4th of July weekend in Chicago . Overnight, there were at least six shootings since 9 p.m. Tuesday, with at least four people killed.Around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, two men were killed in a shootout in Roseland.
Tuesday, a man was shot and killed in the South Shore neighborhood. Police found an unidentified man between 25 and 30 years of age who had been shot in the 2100 block of East 71st Street. He was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.Now Pritzker is planning to make what he's calling a historic investment to stop surging gun violence.
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