Chicago Weekend Shootings Kill 3, Wound 12 Days After Mayor Creates Gun Violence Office
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 29
Chicago Weekend Shootings Kill 3, Wound 12 Days After Mayor Creates Gun Violence Office
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 29
Summary
Chicago police counted 15 people shot from 5 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday, leaving three dead and 12 injured across multiple incidents citywide.
The violence came days after Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order creating an Office of Gun Violence Reduction, calling it a way to marshal every tool available to save lives.
Less than two hours after that order was signed Thursday, police reported a separate double-fatal shooting behind a residence; the gunman remained unidentified.
The weekend toll was lower than the Juneteenth holiday weekend, when six people were killed and dozens more were injured in shootings across Chicago.
The bloodshed also fed a political clash over public safety, with President Trump again offering National Guard help and Johnson and Governor JB Pritzker rejecting the idea.