Chicago bloody weekend sees over 50 shot, including 14-year-old boy on playground, 5 at drag racing incident
Chicago shooting victims included at least 8 juveniles, 3 men with gang affiliations at street racing incident
Chicago’s gun violence erupted into another bloody weekend in which over 50 people were shot, including a 14-year-old boy on a playground and three men with gang affiliations killed at a drag racing incident that involved nearly 100 cars, authorities said Monday morning.
The violence occurred from 6 p.m. Friday to 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Chicago police said.
In total, there were 43 shooting incidents and 51 shooting victims, which included at least eight juveniles. Police said that of the 11 recorded murders, 10 people were fatally shot and one was fatally stabbed.
Among those fatally shot were three Hispanic males at a street racing and drifting incident just before 4 a.m. Sunday in the 4300 block of South Kedzie. Police said a caravan of nearly 100 cars had taken over the intersection when at least 13 rounds were fired.
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No arrests have been made in the shootings involving the juveniles or the street racing incident as of Monday morning.
