Summer 2025 violence: Tracking shootings across Chicago | Live updates

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Last updated: Monday, September 22, 2025 2:45AM GMT
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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Friday, June 20 marked the first day of summer in Chicago.

The city normally sees an uptick in violence as the weather warms up.

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This summer, ABC7 is tracking gun violence across the city.

Here are the latest developments.

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Jul 05, 2025, 5:36 PM GMT

At least 44 people shot, 6 fatally, in 4th of July weekend gun violence: police

At least 44 people have been shot, six fatally, in gun violence across the city so far this Fourth of July weekend, Chicago police said.

ABC7 is tracking holiday weekend shootings from the morning of Thursday, July 3 at midnight to the evening of Sunday, July 6 at 11:59 p.m. Click here for the latest.

Jul 05, 2025, 11:26 AM GMT

Man found fatally shot in the head in West Englewood, police say

A man was found shot to death on the city's South Side late Friday night, Chicago police said.

Officers responded to a call about a person shot in the West Englewood neighborhood's 6400-block of South Winchester Avenue around 11:55 p.m.

Responding officers found a 36-year-old man who had suffered a gunshot wound to the head.

The victim was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office identified him as Marco A. Velasquez-Sierra.

There is no one in custody, and Area One detectives are investigating.

Police did not immediately provide further information about the shooting.

Jul 05, 2025, 5:26 PM GMT

16-year-old girl killed, man injured in Avalon Park shooting: Chicago police

A South Side shooting left a teenage girl dead and a man injured on Friday night, Chicago police said.

Police said the shooting happened in the Avalon Park neighborhood's 1200-block of East 83rd Street around 11 p.m.

An Avalon Park shooting in Chicago left a teen girl dead and a man injured in the 1200-block of East 83rd Street Friday night, police said.

A male suspect approached a 16-year-old girl and a 35-year-old man, took out a gun and fired shots, police said.

Jul 05, 2025, 5:26 PM GMT

4 injured, 3 critically, in mass shooting near Cook County Courthouse: Chicago police

Four people were injured, three critically, in a mass shooting near the Cook County Courthouse early Saturday morning, Chicago police said.

Officers responded to a call about walk-in gunshot victims at Mt. Sinai Hospital around 1:45 a.m.

A Little Village, Chicago mass shooting left four people injured near South California Avenue and West 27th Street early Saturday, police said.

The victims were sitting in a parked vehicle near South California Avenue and West 27th Street in the Little Village neighborhood.

That's when a male drove a dark SUV past the group, and people inside fired shots, police said.