Eight people were killed and 50 injured in dozens of Chicago shootings over Labor Day weekend | Chicago

Eight people were killed, and another 50 were injured in dozens of shootings Chicago According to Labor Day weekend police.

According to preliminary information from the police, 58 people were shot dead in 37 separate shootings in the country’s third largest city on Friday night and Monday night. Most involved one victim, but were injured in three shootings. Most victims are in good or fair condition, but several are listed as serious or critical. In a few cases, police said there was an interested person being questioned, but in most cases no suspects were detained.

Police said seven people died during the holiday weekend last year, six of whom were shot due to gunfire.

The number of shootings reflects common Chicagoespecially during long holiday weekends in the summer, especially in some areas of the city’s western and southern sides of the city experience local gun violence with higher crime rates. The city’s police department and other agencies often increase their street presence before summer weekends, as well as community groups aimed at reducing the risk of gun violence.

However, this weekend’s violence has come under higher state scrutiny in Donald’s case Trump’s administration Threats to use federal agencies or possibly National Guard on the streets of Chicago.

Seven people were shot dead on Nanzhou Street late Saturday, and police said preliminary investigations showed that one of the passing vehicles opened fire at the crowd. The victims, two women and five men, were in good condition.

About two hours later, around 1 a.m. Sunday, four people were miles away on West Haddon Avenue, police said their preliminary investigation showed that people in two passing vehicles opened fire on people standing outside. The victims, a man and three women were listed as in good condition, police said.

Earlier Monday, officials responded to a report of large harassment, short distances before finding five people shot at South Cottage Grove Avenue, about a mile from Saturday night’s shooting. Police said a 17-year-old boy was in critical condition. Other victims, all adults, are in good or fair condition. Four guns were recovered from the shooting site and an interested person was questioned.

Trump administration recently Deploy the National Guard to Washington, DC, targeting crime, immigration and homelessness, and Previously dispatched troops Go to Los Angeles. Trump warned Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker in a social media post on Saturday that he must Straighten the crime problem in Chicago Soon “or we’re coming.”

this Trump administration Immigration operations in Chicago are expected to be expanded. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed plans for the city’s federal agents to establish in the city on Sunday.

Republican president criticized Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, both Democratsthey stressed that the crime has been in trouble in Chicago and plans to file a lawsuit if the plan continues to move forward.

On Saturday, Johnson announced on Twitter/X that he signed an executive order directing all city departments to “protect Chicagoans, not to over-fall from the federal government” and said they “cannot perfectly predict how an instability and impulsive management will act.”

Violent crime in Chicago has declined in recent years, but it remains a persistent local problem for the city with a population of 2.75 million. According to the University of Chicago Crime Lab, some communities with the highest homicide rates have the lowest homicide rates.

Last year, the city reported 573 homicides, the most in any city in the United States that year, according to Rochester Polytechnic.

According to police, homicides and shootings have dropped so far this year compared to the same period last year. There were 404 homicides from January 1 to September 1 last year, but there have been 279 so far this year. There were 1,586 shootings from January 1 to September 1, 2024, but there have been 1,026 so far this year.