Memorial Day weekend violence in Chicago leaves two dead, 22 shots: Report
Chicago was plagued by violence over the anniversary weekend when 22 people were fatally shot. ABC7 reported.
A fatal shooting reportedly broke out in a vehicle on the northwest side of the city around Logan Square on Saturday afternoon. The 35-year-old victim was about to leave the vehicle when he was there. Shot and killed By someone else in the car.
The shooter escaped the scene and stayed throughout.
Chicago police officers will protect the crime scene after being shot at CTA Red Line station on 79th Avenue on August 8, 2022. (AP News)
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The second fatal shooting took place on Saturday afternoon in the same area of the city, according to the report. A 46-year-old man on the northwest side was shot in the head while in a car near Humboldt Park. The vehicle then collided with another vehicle and a pole.
The victim was taken to hospital and later declared he died. The suspect in the shooting remains big too.
Two other people were also shot near a homeless camp in Humboldt Park, with one seriously injured. The shooter remains unknown.
Chicago reportedly recorded 139 murders so far in 2025. (Getty Images)
On the south side of town, the two were sitting inside the house when they were shot. The perpetrator of the incident also fled the scene and remained in the whole.
According to Chicago Tribunemaintaining a run tally of the number of city murders each year, 139 people were killed in the troubled city so far in 2025. The same exit reported 573 deaths in Chicago in 2024.
last week, Two Venezuelans living illegally in Chicago He was arrested for US immigration and customs enforcement in connection with the fatal mass shooting.
Ricardo Granadillo Padilla, 25, and Edward Martinez Cermeno, 24, are suspected of being members of the violence Aragua train (TDA) The street gang was taken into custody by federal law enforcement agencies that allegedly killed three people and injured five others after firing fire during the House party in December.
It is reportedly 22 people were shot over the anniversary weekend, including two killings in Chicago. (AP)
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Members with more than 12 suspected TDA members were also arrested as part of the investigation into the shooting.
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