Chicago Weekend Gun Violence: At Least 4 Dead, 20 Injured
Shootings in Chicago this past weekend have left at least four people dead and 20 others injured. The violence began Friday morning and continued through early Sunday.
Donald Williams, a 17-year-old boy, was among the victims. Williams was shot Sunday morning. Five other young women – 14, 17, 19 and 22 – were wounded in the attack in the Austin neighborhood on the West side of Chicago, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Another man named De Angelo Russell, 33, was shot Saturday night and pronounced dead early Sunday. Nicholas Keener, a 16-year-old boy, was pronounced dead at 11:10 p.m. Saturday after being shot in the Irving Park neighborhood because of his possible affiliation with a gang.
On Saturday afternoon, McArthur Swindle, 21, was shot dead while in the parking lot of Chatham Village Square mall. He was inside his SUV when he was attacked and attempted to flee further gunshots, but crashed into a clothing store’s front window.
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