Chicago endured yet another bloody holiday weekend as more than 50 people were shot and six were killed in a wave of violence spanning Independence Day through Sunday night.
The tragic toll underscores the city’s ongoing struggle to contain violent crime, even as city officials and Democrat leadership continue to dodge accountability.
According to ABC 7 Chicago, a combination of drive-by shootings and mass shootings plagued neighborhoods across the city from midnight on July 3 through late Sunday, adding to an already grim summer in a city that remains one of the most violent in the nation.
The violence began early. On Saturday morning, four individuals were injured, three critically, in a drive-by shooting in Little Village.
Multiple suspects inside an SUV opened fire on a vehicle where the victims were sitting, authorities reported.
Later that same day, two men were gunned down in separate shootings.
A 46-year-old man was shot and killed while sitting in his vehicle in the Lake View neighborhood.
Police say a suspect is in custody in that case. Just hours later, a 30-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound to the head on the West Side.
Detectives are still investigating.
But the bloodshed didn’t