Labor Day violence: 13 dead, 50+ injured in wave of Chicago shootings
RT.com
6 Sep, 2016
As people across the US celebrated Labor Day, Chicago was rocked by multiple shootings which left at least 13 people dead and dozens injured over the long week-end. The Memorial day week-end this May saw 69 shootings with at least 6 of them fatal.
Monday evening saw the latest homicides when two men in their early twenties were fatally shot when a someone in a minivan opened fire at a group of people on sidewalk in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side, according to Chicago Suntimes. Fifty two people were shot at during the week-end.
Two people were killed in a shooting at Ogden Park at around 7:20pm local time on Monday, as more than 100 people celebrated the national holiday there. Emergency crews were called to the scene, according to Chicago Fire Department Commander Walter Schroeder, as cited by the Chicago Tribune.
One of the victims, aged 47, was walking his dog when he was struck in the chest by bullets fired from a nearby vehicle, according to Chicago police spokeswoman Officer Michelle Tannehill. A second man was also shot in the chest while hanging out in the park. He began running when he heard gunshots.
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