51 Shot Over New Chicago Mayor’s First Memorial Day Weekend

51 Shot Over New Chicago Mayor’s First Memorial Day Weekend

THE SIGNAL

Chicago suffered yet another bloody Memorial Day weekend with at least 51 people shot, including 12 who were fatally shot. The widespread gun violence occurred despite dozens of “peacekeepers’ patrolling the Windy City in an attempt to decrease bloodshed. WFLD reported that by Sunday night, 12 people had been shot and killed during Memorial Day weekend. HeyJacksass.com, a site dedicated to gun violence statistics in Chicago, reported that there were 10 people shot and killed in Chicago on Saturday. The site noted that in the more than 10 years of covering gun violence in Chicago, there were only three other days that tallied 10 or more homicides: 6/27/2020: 10 killed, 7/4/2020: 11 killed, 5/31/2020: 18 killed.There were at least 39 people wounded in shootings around the city, according to the …

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