Officials: More Than 80 Shot, 14 Dead Over July 4th Weekend in Chicago

Authorities in Chicago say more than 80 people were shot, including 14 fatally, over the Fourth of July weekend. Several children were counted among the victims.

Officials told ABC7 and other news outlets that two people were killed and at least four were wounded, including a 12-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy, during a mass shooting at Washington Park in Chicago’s South Side district early on Monday.

Around the same time, in another South Side neighborhood, a shooting left a 6-year-old girl and a woman injured, officials said.

Early Monday morning, two Chicago officers were shot while they attempted to disperse crowds in South Austin, officials told CBS Chicago.

Police Supt. David Brown said they were deployed to the 100 block of North Long Street around 1:30 a.m. when they heard shots and were hit by gunfire. Both officers are expected to recover, he said.

Authorities told the Chicago Sun-Times that in all, 88 people were shot and 14 killed since Friday night. In one instance, a University of Chicago student was shot and died Sunday while riding on a Green Line train in Washington Park, officials told the paper.

Among the injured in the shootings include a 6-year-old girl, a 5-year-old girl, a 12-year-old girl, and an 11-year-old boy, the reports said.

Some 32 people were shot in Chicago on Thursday, July 1, officials told news outlets last week.

So far in 2021, there have been more than 1,892 shootings in Chicago, the Sun-Times noted. That represents a 12 percent year-over-year increase. About 330 homicides have been reported in the first six months of 2021, the paper reported.