Overview
- City police say eight people were shot between Friday night and early Saturday, with one 41-year-old man later dying at a hospital.
- The shootings occurred in separate incidents across multiple neighborhoods including Englewood, West Town, Little Village, Greater Grand Crossing, and the Far South Side.
- Several victims remain in serious or critical condition after being taken to hospitals such as the University of Chicago Medical Center, Stroger, Mt. Sinai, and Christ.
- Area detectives are handling each scene, no arrests have been reported, and police say at least one shooter fled on foot before officers arrived.
- The spate of incidents has intensified attention on the city’s 2024 decision to end the ShotSpotter gunshot-detection program even though authorities have not reported a confirmed link between that policy change and these shootings.