At least 87 people were shot, 16 of them fatally, by Sunday morning of July 4th weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago. Breitbart News reported at least 58 people were shot in the city during the first portion of the holiday weekend, Wednesday night to Friday night alone. The violence was so great that ABC 7 / Chicago Sun-Times pointed out one Chicago resident referred to July 4th as “assassination day.
” By Sunday morning the total number of shooting victims was at least 87. ABC 7 / Chicago Sun-Times noted that many of the incidents involved multiple gunmen and also included drive-by shootings (where the number of gunmen is unknown). More than one incident was described as “mass shooting,” with numerous lives taken in that fashion.
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You can’t complain that you don’t have businesses or things that are going on when we’re not keeping it safe in the areas for the businesses to thrive.” Chicago resident Raul Perez observed, “They got to stop the guns. You know? You can’t go out at night.
You know, you’re afraid to go out at night because you’re gonna get shot or something.” An emergency services assistance center will open Tuesday to provide su.
