At least 55 people were shot, six of them fatally, during Fourth of July weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago.
Breitbart News reported at least 50 people were shot Thursday through Saturday alone in the Windy City, and the six shooting fatalities occurred during that time frame.
One of the fatalities was a 16-year-old girl in the “1200-block of East 83rd Street” who was shot around 11:00 p.m. Friday. The girl was with a 35-year-old man when someone opened fire on both of them. The girl was shot in the throat and succumbed to her wounds.
There were numerous drive-by shootings in Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend, including one that occurred near the Cook County Courthouse sometime after 1:00 a.m. Saturday.
ABC 7 noted that people “were sitting in a parked vehicle near South California Avenue and West 27th Street” when a dark SUV passed by and individuals inside the SUV opened fire. Three men, ages 25, 26, and 32, were sitting inside the parked vehicle and were struck by bullets. All three were hospitalized in critical condition.
There have been 203 homicides in Chicago in 2025, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio, a member of Gun Owners of America, and the director of global marketing for Lone Star Hunts. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and has a Ph.D. in Military History. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com.
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