(WLS-TV)
More than 50 people have been shot so far over in a bloody Labor Day weekend in Chicago. Of those shot eight people were killed and more than 40 others wounded in the violence.
The first deadly shooting of the weekend was reported in the 4400 block of West Jackson around 6:30 p.m. Friday.
According to police, a 24-year-old man was standing on a sidewalk when two vehicles approached, and multiple gunmen opened fire, striking him multiple times in the back.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene, and an investigation remains underway.
Just after midnight, in the 1300 block of North Hudson, officers responding to a call of shots fired discovered a 31-year-old man on the ground with a gunshot wound to his chest, police said.
The man was rushed to an area hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Police said no suspects are in custody, and Area Three detectives are investigating.
At approximately 2:52 a.m. Saturday, in the 6000 block of South Racine, another fatal shooting was reported.
A 22-year-old man was found lying on the street after having been shot in the chest and in the arm, police said. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.
According to authorities, no suspects are in custody, and detectives are investigating.
Another shooting took place at around 3:50 p.m. Saturday near the 700 block of East 103rd Street.
A 28-year-old man was shot in the chest, forearm and finger after getting into an argument with someone at a gas station. He was taken to an area hospital and later pronounced dead.
A 29-year-old man was fatally shot after what police said was a verbal altercation at about 11:15 p.m. in the 6600 block of South Evans.
When officers arrived, they found the man had been shot in the neck and the arm, and he was pronounced dead at the scene, according to authorities.
No suspects are in custody, and police are investigating.
On Sunday, two people died after they were among four people shot in the city’s South Chicago neighborhood Sunday night. Originally, authorities said four men were shot at approximately 6:48 p.m. as they stood in front of a home in the 8600 block of South Kingston Avenue.
All four were taken to local hospitals with gunshot wounds, but police later said an 18-year-old who was struck multiple times throughout his body was pronounced dead at University of Chicago Hospital and a 20-year-old shot in the buttocks and stomach died at Christ Hospital.
Another 18-year-old was shot in the forearm and thigh and taken to an area hospital in fair condition and a 20-year-old was shot in the abdomen and last listed in fair condition at another area hospital.
Police said an investigation remains underway.
Most recently, a man wielding an ax was shot and killed by a security guard outside of a Greektown dispensary Monday.
Police said the incident happened just after 10 a.m. in the 200 block of South Halsted, when a man got into a verbal altercation outside of a business with a 37-year-old man working security.
The man ultimately began swinging an ax at the security guard before striking him in the leg.
“A struggle ensued, and the victim fired shots, striking the offender,” police said in a statement.
The man with the ax was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The man working security was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition, authorities said.
This is just days after Mayor Lightfoot claims Chicago is ready to take on 1000’s of illegal immigrants from the State of Texas. A bold statement from a mayor whose town is a mess of crime and murder.
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