Police and mayor provide update after violent July 4th weekend – NBC Chicago

Chicago Police Commissioner Larry Snelling and Mayor Brandon Johnson will provide a joint update Monday morning after at least 19 people were killed and at least 87 injured in shootings in the city over the July 4 long weekend.

By Friday evening, the number of shootings — six people were shot on Thursday, 62 on Friday, and 12 killed on both days — exceeded the numbers for the entire holiday weekend last year. Last year, 11 people were killed and 62 injured during the four-day holiday weekend, July 1-4.

This year’s holiday violence includes four mass shootings. A total of 24 people were shot in the mass attacks, four of them fatally.

Mayor Brandon Johnson said in a statement Friday that Chicago police would redeploy officers whose days off had already been canceled for the holiday weekend, with the goal of “maximizing presence and ensuring rapid response to incidents.”

“We are shocked by the recent violence that has left our city in a state of mourning, and we extend our deepest condolences to the families and communities affected by these recent events,” Johnson’s office said in a statement.

The update is scheduled for Monday at 9:00 a.m. Once it begins, it will be streamed in the video player above.

Below is a summary of the shootings that occurred over the weekend, according to Chicago police.

Deadly attacks:

• Around 1 a.m. Thursday, 34-year-old Dion Butler was shot in the neck in the 6200 block of South Laflin Street in Englewood, police and the Cook County coroner’s office said. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died.
• An 8-year-old boy and two women were killed and two young boys were seriously injured in a shooting Thursday around 6:15 a.m. Multiple people fired shots at a home in the 7100 block of South Woodlawn Avenue in Greater Grand Crossing on the South Side.
• A man was found shot to death in Roseland on the Far South Side around 2:10 p.m. Thursday. Officers responding to a ShotSpotter alert found the 24-year-old man unconscious in the 9300 block of South Lafayette Avenue. He had been shot in the chest and flank and was taken to Roseland Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
• Later Thursday, a 30-year-old man was standing with a crowd in the street at 8400 South Kerfoot Avenue in Auburn Gresham around 11 p.m. when he was shot in the torso. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died, officials said.
• Two women, 59 and 29, were shot in the 900 block of North Leclaire Avenue around 11:50 p.m. Thursday. The older woman was shot in the hip and head and taken to Stroger Hospital, where she later died. The younger woman was shot in the torso and also taken to Stroger Hospital, where she was in fair condition, police said.
• Around the same time, a 35-year-old man was arguing with someone in the 6000 block of South Winchester Avenue when the man shot him multiple times. The 35-year-old was pronounced dead at Saint Bernard Hospital, police said.
• Kendall Richardson was killed and six others were injured around 1 a.m. Friday in the 100 block of South Menard Avenue when two people fired shots and fled, officials said. Richardson, 40, was shot in the buttocks and took himself to Stroger Hospital, where he died. The other victims — three men, two women and a 15-year-old boy — suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
• A 30-year-old man, identified by the Cook County coroner’s office as Leontrey Taylor, was shot and killed around 2 a.m. Friday in the 700 block of South Cicero Avenue in Austin, police said.
• At about 2:10 a.m. Friday, officers responded to calls about a person shot in the 1200 block of West Washburne Avenue and found 43-year-old Demetrius Dorn with numerous gunshot wounds, officials said. He was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital.
• A man and a woman were found shot to death in the 3400 block of East 87th Street around 7 a.m. Friday, police said. They were pronounced dead at the scene.
• A man died Saturday night after exchanging gunfire with two other people on the railroad tracks in South Shore. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds near the 1700 block of East 71st Street around 8:50 p.m. and was pronounced dead at the University of Chicago Medical Center, police said.
• At about 10:35 p.m. Saturday, a 47-year-old man was driving at 10600 South State Street when he was struck by gunfire in the left armpit, police said. The man then crashed into three vehicles before coming to a stop, officials said. He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died, police said.
• At about 11:15 p.m. Saturday, a man and woman, 26 and 25, were walking on the sidewalk in the 100 block of East 21st Street when a white SUV approached and someone inside opened fire, police said. The man was shot multiple times in the body and taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he died, police said. The woman was shot in the left leg and taken to the same hospital, where she was in good condition, officials said.
• At around 11:55 p.m. on Saturday, a 25-year-old driver was found unconscious with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body after crashing into an overpass at 5800 South Elizabeth Street. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
• A man was found shot to death on a kitchen floor in Austin on the West Side around 11:30 p.m. Sunday. Officers were called to a wellness check in the 200 block of North Central Avenue and found Melvin Hill, 36, bleeding and unconscious on the kitchen floor, Chicago police and the Cook County coroner’s office said. Hill, who lives on the same block of Central Avenue, suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was dead at the scene, police said.
• Around 11:50 p.m., two teenagers, ages 18 and 16, were arguing with someone in the 700 block of East 89th Place when the person opened fire, hitting both of them, Chicago police said. The 18-year-old was shot twice in the chest and taken to a nearby hospital, where he died, police said. The 16-year-old was shot in the left and right thighs and taken to a nearby hospital, where he was last reported in fair condition, police said.

Non-fatal shots:

• At about 12:15 a.m. Friday, eight people were injured in a shooting in the 1300 block of West Hastings Street on the Near West Side, police said. Among the injured were five women, ages 74, 31 and 19, and two 18-year-olds. Three men, ages 36, 28 and 23, were also injured. None of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries.
• A 16-year-old girl was shot in the head and critically injured around 1:40 a.m. Friday in the 1200 block of South Central Park Avenue in North Lawndale, police said.
• Another 16-year-old girl was injured in a shooting in Brighton Park on the Southwest Side early Saturday. She was walking in the 3500 block of South California Avenue around 2 a.m. when shots rang out and she suffered a graze wound to her leg, police said. She was hospitalized in good condition.
• On Saturday night, a 15-year-old boy was shot and seriously injured in the 100 block of North Lavergne Avenue in Austin, police said.
• Early Sunday morning, a white truck was approaching a group of people on the street in the 3700 block of South State Street when gunfire erupted, police said. A 41-year-old man was shot in the lower back and is in critical condition, police said. A second man, 31, was shot in the abdomen and left hip and is also in critical condition, police said. A 35-year-old woman was shot in the buttocks and is in good condition, officials said. A third man, 30, was shot in the left thigh and is also in good condition, police said. All four were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, authorities said. In addition to the gunshot victims listed above, 59 other people have been wounded by gunfire since 11 p.m. Wednesday, the time the Sun-Times uses for the start of this year’s four-day holiday weekend.
• Just after 8 a.m. Sunday morning, a man was injured in a shooting in Washington Park. The 28-year-old man was at a gas station in the first block of East Garfield Boulevard when a man in a white vehicle shot at him before driving away, police said. He was shot twice in the leg and taken to a nearby hospital in good condition.
• On Sunday around 6:30 p.m., a man was found shot and wounded in the 12400 block of South Michigan Avenue in the West Pullman neighborhood. The 33-year-old man was involved in a verbal altercation when another man shot him with a handgun. The victim suffered a gunshot wound to the arm and was taken to a nearby hospital in good condition.