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NBC 5 reported 37 had been shot, six fatally, between Friday evening and 9 p.m. local time Saturday night.
By Sunday morning the Chicago Sun-Times reported the number of shooting victims rose to 50.
The first homicide of the weekend occurred Friday night at 9:52 p.m. when a man burst through an apartment door “in the 8200 block of South Drexel Avenue” and opened fire, killing a 60-year-old man.
The latest homicide occurred Sunday morning at 2:55 a.m., when a 20-year-old was shot “in the 3200 block of West Cermak Road.” He was “dropped off” at the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds and pronounced dead.
Mayor Lightfoot’s Chicago has witnessed a massive surge in gun violence year, and on July 16, 2020, Breitbart News reported that Lightfoot responded to mayhem by pushing more gun control.