Eleven people have been killed and 55 have been shot in Chicago so far over the extended July Fourth weekend.
The violence includes three mass shootings, one in which two women and an 8-year-old boy were killed and two young boys were left in critical condition after multiple shooters opened fire into a Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood home on the South Side.
At least 19 of those shot were in mass shootings in Austin, Greater Grand Crossing and Little Italy.
About 12:15 a.m. Friday, police responded to calls of shots fired and found eight people wounded by gunfire in the 1300 block of West Hastings Street, according to the Chicago police, who said the two gunmen fled.
Two women, 74 and 31, were shot in the leg and they were taken to Stroger Hospital where they were in fair condition, police said.
Two men, 28 and 23, were also shot in a leg and were taken to Stroger in fair condition.
Another man, 36, was shot in the groin and taken to Stroger in fair condition, authorities said.
An 18-year-old woman was grazed in the head and was also taken to Stroger where she was in good condition, officials said.
Two women, 18 and 19, were also grazed and refused medical attention, police said.
Less than two hours later, around 1:45 a.m., officers responding to calls of a person shot in the 100 block of South Menard Avenue found six people wounded after two gunmen exchanged gunfire and fled the scene, according to police.
A 15-year-old boy was shot in the back and he was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition, officials said.
An 18-year-old woman was shot three times in the leg and she was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition while a second woman, 20, was shot in the back and taken to Stroger in good condition.
A 23-year-old man was taken to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park with a gunshot wound to his leg, officials said. He was in good condition while a second 23-year-old man was shot in the hip and taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood in good condition.
A 25-year-old man was shot in the arm and he was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital where he was in fair condition.
Minutes later, a 16-year-old girl was shot and critically wounded early Friday in a North Lawndale residential complex on the city’s West Side. About 1:40 a.m., she was in the 1200 block of South Central Park Avenue when someone shot her in the head, police said.
A man was found shot to death Thursday afternoon in Roseland on the South Side. Officers were responding to a ShotSpotter call and found the man, whose age wasn’t known, unresponsive in the 9300 block of South Lafayette Avenue around 2:10 p.m., police said. He was shot in the chest and flank and was taken to Roseland Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Last year, 11 people were killed and 62 others were wounded over July Fourth weekend.