Chicago: More than 60 shot July 4 weekend in latest gun violence

ALJAZEERA: …The violence was so widespread in the nation’s third-largest city during the period from late Thursday through Sunday that police were still tallying the dead and wounded on Monday.

A Chicago Police Department (CPD) spokesman said the current count was 50 shooting incidents, with 53 shot and nine dead, bringing the total shot to more than 60…

Some reports put the figures higher. The Chicago Tribune reported that 14 people have died and 82 were shot. Police told Al Jazeera that the higher figure could include deaths recorded after Sunday midnight… (more)

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