Fourteen people were shot, including at least two fatalities, during the weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago.
ABC 7 reported one of the fatal shootings occurred Saturday at 4 a.m. on the sidewalk in the “1100-block of South St. Louis Avenue.” A 30-year-old man was fatally shot in the chest and back.
Later on Saturday, at 4:15 p.m., a 51-year-old man was shot and killed following an argument with a woman.
The woman pulled a handgun and shot him in the head. WGN-TV noted “police said the incident is domestic-related and area detectives are investigating.”
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Breitbart News noted Mayor Johnson’s Chicago witnessed nearly 2,800 shooting victims–fatal and non-fatal combined–from January 1, 2024, to December 30, 2024.
The Chicago Sun-Times pointed out that 12 people have already been killed Chicago during 2025.
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