Chicago Weekend Gunfire Leaves 1 Dead and 29 Wounded, Police Say

Overview

• Police data for the weekend reports one homicide and 29 people wounded by gunfire, with victims ranging in age from 13 to 46.
• The lone fatality followed a quarrel around 11:45 p.m. Saturday in the 8000 block of South Morgan Street, where a 25-year-old woman was shot multiple times and a 36-year-old man was hospitalized in fair condition.
• Hours later around 2:45 a.m. Sunday, a woman fired on a group of men, wounding three ages 31, 37, and 38, with the 37-year-old listed in critical condition.
• Independent tracker HeyJackass counted 30 total shooting victims for the weekend, up from 20 during the same weekend in 2025, while police listed 29 wounded plus one killed.
• The Chicago Tribune has reported 105 homicides through the first week of April 2026 versus 98 a year earlier, placing the weekend’s toll within a broader uptick.