Overview
- Multiple separate incidents across the city during the Labor Day weekend resulted in at least two homicides, several people shot and one person stabbed, according to Chicago Police Department reports.
- A 29-year-old man was fatally shot on the 6500 block of South Laflin Street after two offenders approached him and fled in a blue sedan, and a 28-year-old man died after self-transporting to Holy Cross Hospital from a shooting on South Kedzie Avenue.
- A 37-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound to the head in Uptown and taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital in critical condition, and a 15-year-old boy with multiple gunshot wounds was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in good condition.
- A 58-year-old man was stabbed after a verbal dispute on West Arthington Street and went to Stroger Hospital in fair condition, while a 54-year-old in Grand Crossing sustained a graze wound to the face after nearby gunfire and refused EMS at the scene.
- Police say investigations are active and focus on collecting shell casings, surveillance footage and hospital records as officials ask the public for tips; city leaders deployed extra officers and violence interrupters over the holiday weekend in an effort to curb similar surges.