At least 15 people were shot, one of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago.
CBS News reported that the one shooting fatality occurred Saturday around 8:00 p.m. “in the 1300 block of West 76th Street.” A 29-year-old man was sitting inside a vehicle when someone fired from outside, striking him the abdomen and chest.
The 29-year-old was transported to a hospital, where he died.
There was also a shooting fatality early Friday morning, before the weekend officially began. The Chicago Tribune noted that shooting occurred just before 1:30 a.m. “in the 600 block of South Boulevard” in Chicago’s Oak Park suburb. Fifty-four-year-old Corey Gates was killed during an alleged attempted carjacking, and was found lying wounded in the street after a group of teens fled the scene.
ABC 7 pointed out that Gates was an Army veteran who served during Desert Storm.
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