At least 11 people have been killed in a shooting in Chicago, Illinois, over the past four days.
On the 17th (local time), NBC Chicago reported that at least 11 people were killed and 26 injured in shootings across Chicago from the 14th to the dawn of this day.
Looking at the major incidents, a shooting occurred at a bar on West Madison Street at around 8:00 pm on the 14th, and a man in his 30s who was shot in the abdomen was taken to the hospital, but eventually died. A man in his 60s with a gunshot wound to the leg was taken to the hospital.
On the same day, a 16-year-old boy was killed in a shooting in the Bronzeville area, and a 15-year-old boy was taken to hospital with gunshot wounds. They were said to have been shot while standing on the side of the road around midnight.
At around 11:20 pm on the 15th, a 17-year-old teenager in the New City area of Chicago was shot in the chest by someone in a black sedan and died.
On Sunday, the 16th, at 2:50 am, a 21-year-old man was found dead with a gunshot wound to the abdomen in Chicago’s Near West Side. The detailed cause of death is not known.
At around 0:00 on the 17th, a 20-year-old man was shot and killed while trying to avoid being hijacked by a gunman in the Grand Boulevard area of Chicago. A 22-year-old woman who was with him suffered a gunshot wound.
In the riot of about 1,000 teenagers that occurred in downtown Chicago between the night of the 15th and the early morning of the 16th, two teenagers were shot in the arms and legs, respectively. The day before, a shooting occurred on a street where many teenagers gathered, and a teenage boy was reported to have been shot in the thigh.
On the other hand, US President Joe Biden is actively voicing his voice about continuing gun accidents this year as well, emphasizing the need for gun control legislation in Congress. Republicans, however, oppose changes to the Second Amendment, which governs gun ownership.
Source: Donga
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