At least 13 people were shot, four of them fatally, Friday into Saturday night in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago.
CBS News reported the first two fatal shootings occurred around 7:45 p.m. Friday. After being alerted that someone had been shot, police came to “the 900 block of West 85th Street” and found a man in an apartment with a gunshot wound to the head and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Officers found another man with a gunshot wound in an alley near the apartment. The second victim was taken to a hospital where he also died.
The weekend’s third fatal shooting occurred “in the 100 block of South Pulaski Road” just after 2 p.m. Saturday. Two men, ages 21 and 29, were standing on the sidewalk when someone approached and opened fire. The 21-year-old was fatally wounded.
The fourth fatal shooting of the weekend occurred shortly after 8 p.m. The Chicago Sun-Times noted that a 22-year-old woman was shot numerous times in the chest and died after being transported to the hospital.
The Sun-Times pointed out that 319 people have been killed year-to-date in Chicago.
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