At least 54 people were shot across Chicago over Labor Day weekend, with seven of those victims dying from their injuries, police said.
The wave of shootings unfolded between Friday night and Monday afternoon, marking one of the city’s deadliest holiday weekends in recent years.
There were at least 32 separate shooting incidents across multiple neighborhoods, according to police incident reports.
The weekend violence came as President Donald Trump renewed his threats to send federal agents and National Guard troops into Chicago, clashing with opposition from Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.
On Saturday, Trump issued a warning to Pritzker in a post on his social media platform, writing, “He better straighten it out, FAST, or we’re coming!”
Less than five hours later, a mass shooting occurred in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side.
Around 11:10 p.m. on South State Street, a group of people gathered outdoors was fired upon by at least one person inside a passing vehicle.
Seven people were struck, including five men and two women ranging in age from 28 to 32.
All were taken to hospitals with injuries to their lower extremities, but none were considered life-threatening.
No arrests have been announced.
ABC News reported that the first fatal shooting of the weekend took place shortly before midnight Friday in the South Shore neighborhood.
Two women were struck by gunfire inside an East Essex Street apartment complex.
A 25-year-old woman sustained multiple gunshot wounds and later died at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
A 23-year-old woman was also shot in both legs and was hospitalized in fair condition.
Police said they questioned a person of interest, but no arrests were made.
By Saturday morning, more violence had erupted.
In East Garfield Park, a 29-year-old man was shot multiple times and pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital after a gunman exited a dark SUV and opened fire on North Sawyer Avenue.
A second victim, age 32, was also shot but survived.
Later that day, around 7:46 p.m., a 43-year-old woman in the Altgeld Gardens neighborhood was fatally shot after five armed men approached her on East 131st Street.
She was struck multiple times and pronounced dead at Christ Hospital, according to authorities.
In the early hours of Sunday, a triple shooting unfolded in Pilsen on West 17th Street.
A 46-year-old man was killed at the scene, while two others, ages 41 and 43, suffered gunshot wounds to their legs and were hospitalized in good condition.
Hours later, in West Inglewood, a 33-year-old man was shot in the head and killed following an argument inside a residence.
Police said he was pronounced dead at the scene. No arrests were made.
Sunday evening brought more bloodshed.
In Pullman, a 26-year-old woman was shot in the chest after a verbal altercation and later pronounced dead at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
That same night in Little Village, police discovered a man lying on South Drake Avenue with multiple gunshot wounds. He died at the scene.
The violence carried into Monday. Just after 1 a.m., a large disturbance in the Oakland neighborhood on South Cottage Grove Avenue ended in gunfire.
Five people were wounded, including a 17-year-old boy who was listed in critical condition after sustaining multiple wounds.
Police recovered four discarded firearms from the scene and questioned one person of interest.
By mid-morning Monday, another shooting left a 48-year-old man critically injured in West
Elsdon after being shot multiple times in the abdomen while standing outside a residence. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital.
The bloodshed placed renewed attention on Trump’s repeated promises to intervene in Chicago.
ABC News noted that earlier in August, Trump declared a public safety emergency in Washington, D.C., placing the city’s police force under federal control.
He has since suggested that Chicago could be next, even if local leaders oppose the move.
Illinois officials have strongly pushed back.
Pritzker, a Democrat, condemned Trump’s threats, saying, “Do not come to Chicago, you are neither wanted here nor needed here.”
“Donald Trump wants to use the military to occupy a U.S. city to punish its dissidents and score political points.”
Pritzker added that such a deployment would be “illegal, unconstitutional, and un-American.”
Mayor Johnson has voiced similar opposition.
He warned last week that deploying National Guard troops in Chicago could “inflame tensions between residents and law enforcement.”
Johnson described Trump’s proposals as “uncoordinated, uncalled for, and unsound.”
On Saturday, Johnson signed an executive order titled the “Protecting Chicago Initiative,” which he called “the most sweeping campaign of any city in the country to protect ourselves from the threats and actions of this out-of-control administration.”
The order directs the city’s Department of Law to pursue “any and every legal mechanism” to block federal action.
“We have received credible reports that we have days, not weeks, before our city sees some type of militarized activity by the federal government,” Johnson said.
“We take these threats seriously and we find ourselves in a position where we must take immediate, drastic action to protect our people from federal overreach.”
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