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Forty-two people were shot, at least five fatally, Friday into Sunday morning across Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago.
ABC 7 / Chicago Sun-Times reported a 23-year-old man was shot multiple times and killed Saturday morning around 2 a.m.
Just after 4 a.m. a 32-year-old man was shot multiple times while inside an apartment “in the 1200 block of South Springfield.” He was taken to a hospital, where he died.
About 6:48 a.m. a 31-year-old was shot in the chest and leg and was pronounced dead at the hospital.
A 70-year-old man a 24-year-old were both shot “in the 7100 block of South Peoria Street” just prior to noon Saturday. The 24-year-old survived the incident but the 70-year-old succumbed to his gunshot wound.
FOX News noted a 25-year-old man was shot and killed around 1 a.m. Sunday morning in an incident in which six other people were shot and wounded.
The shooting occurred at a gathering to honor a man who died four years ago in a car crash.
The Sun-Times observed 238 people were killed January 1, 2023, through June 3, 2023.