The Chicago Police Department will release official numbers Tuesday morning, but as of early Monday, WGN News counted 50 people shot, including eight killed, since 5 p.m. Friday.
The youngest person shot so far appears to be a 14-year-old boy, and at least three of the weekend shootings included multiple victims.
According to WGN’s count, this year’s Labor Day weekend violence may have already surpassed last year’s, when a total of 31 people were shot.
The tragic weekend comes as President Donald Trump’s administration prepares for an increased presence of federal agents and a potential mobilization of National Guard troops in Chicago.
Trump lashed out against Gov. JB Pritzker in a social media posting Saturday, warning him that he must straighten out Chicago’s crime problems quickly “or we’re coming.”
Still, the latest data from CPD shows crime is down overall this year by 13%, while shooting incidents have dropped almost 40% compared to 2024’s numbers.
Nonetheless, the Labor Day weekend gun violence continued overnight Sunday into the Monday holiday. Here’s a closer look at some of the incidents:
The most recent reported homicide, according to Chicago police, happened Sunday night in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the city’s Southwest Side.
Police say officers responded to a call of a person shot around 8:30 p.m. in the 2400 block of South Drake Avenue, where they found a man unresponsive on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds to the body.
The Chicago Fire Department arrived on scene to treat the victim, but he was subsequently pronounced dead at an area hospital.
Police say nobody is in custody and detective are investigating.
Five people were shot overnight during a gathering at Ellis Park in the Oakland neighborhood on the city’s South Side.
According to police, officers had already arrived to the area on a disturbance call around 1 a.m. Monday when they heard gunshots nearby. They relocated to where the gunshots were and discovered multiple victims with gunshot wounds in the 3600 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue.
The shooting happened just steps from the University of Chicago Charter School. Social media posts indicated that a gathering, advertised as a reunion party, was taking place in Ellis Park. Residents said it appeared most of those attending the party were not from the neighborhood
According to police, CFD personnel arrived on scene to treat the victims and take them to area hospitals. Police say one of the victims was a 17-year-old boy, who was listed in critical condition with multiple gunshot wounds to the body.
The other four victims ranged in age from 26 to 36, three men and one woman. According to police, three were listed in good condition and one was listed in fair condition.
Police say four firearms were recovered at the scene, and area detectives were questioning a person of interest as they continue to investigate the incident. So far, there’s been no update on whether any charges have been filed.
Bullet holes were still visible in vehicles along the 1900 block of West 17th Street in Pilsen, and some were even being driven with smashed glass after a shooting at around 1:30 a.m. Sunday.
Residents say two victims, a 41-year-old man and a 43-year-old man, were at an outdoor party when someone approached them with a gun and shot them both in their legs.
Both were taken to area hospitals and reported to be in good condition.
A third victim, a 46-year-old man, was shot multiple times in the body and pronounced dead after being taken to an area hospital, police say.
Locals say the third victim was a harmless homeless man who was well-known in the area. Witnesses told WGN-TV he was shot in the head execution style.
Less than a half an hour before the shooting in Pilsen, four people were shot in the 2700 block of West Haddon Avenue in Humboldt Park.
According to a preliminary investigation by police, multiple unknown offenders in two unknown vehicles drove past a group of people standing outside at 1:15 a.m. Sunday.
Several people in the vehicle then took out guns and opened fire, hitting four of the people standing outside, police say.
The shooting victims ranged in age from 26 to 39, three of them women and one a man, according to police. All victims were taken to local hospitals in good condition.
Seven people were wounded in a drive-by shooting in the 3500 block of South State Street in the Bronzeville neighborhood shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday.
Police say someone in an unknown vehicle opened fire into a crowd of people standing outside. All victims were shot in their lower limbs and are expected to survive.
The shooting victims ranged in age from 28 to 31, five of them men and two of them women, according to police.
A 14-year-old boy is recovering from a gunshot wound to the hand and arm after being shot while walking in Garfield Park on Sunday evening.
According to police, the teen was in the 1500 block of South Christiana Avenue just after 5 p.m. when someone approached him, pulled out a gun and fired shots.
He was transported to an area hospital in good condition.
A woman was shot and killed during a verbal altercation in Altgeld Gardens on Sunday night.
Police say the shooting happened in front of a residence in the 13200 block of South Ellis Avenue just before 7:30 p.m.
The victim was struck in the chest and taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where she later died.
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