CHICAGO: At least 233 people were killed and 618 people were injured by gun violence in more than 500 shootings across the country during the Fourth of July weekend, a 26% drop from last year's holiday weekend, according to the latest data compiled by the Gun Violence Archive. As per data released Tuesday morning, which looks at shootings from 5 p.m. Friday through Monday, there were 314 fatal shootings with 751 injuries during the same period last year.
At least 104 people have been shot and 17 of them died from their injuries in Chicago over the past 3-day "Independence Day" holiday weekend that started Friday and ended early on Tuesday morning, according to reports from Chicago police and media. Among those injured in shootings were at least four children younger than 14, including a 6-year-old girl who was wounded along with her mother in a drive-by shooting early Monday, a media report said on Tuesday.
According to police reports, two police officers were shot and wounded early Monday while dispersing a crowd on the West Side of Chicago. Chicago police also arrested 57 people in connection with skirmishes in downtown Chicago on Sunday night, 50 of whom were juveniles, the Xinhua news agency reported.
A newspaper called the past "Independence Day" weekend the most violent weekend of 2021, claiming 104 were shot, and 19 of them killed. And among the wounded were 13 kids.
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