Chicago shootings: Tracking gun violence in 2024
ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team 
Last updated: Thursday, November 14, 2024 5:55PM GMT
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The city of Chicago continues to grapple with gun violence, which impacts hundreds of people every year. As of July 7, 2024, there have been almost 1,200 total reported shootings in the city, according to the Chicago Police Department.
"We cannot take our eyes off the ball," Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said at a news conference following a violent July 4 holiday weekend. "We cannot stop thinking about the people who have been victimized by this crime."
While long holiday weekends often see a spike in gun violence, Chicago police and city officials are working to curb shootings and make the city safer.
These are the latest updates on gun violence in the city of Chicago in 2024.
Jul 14, 2024, 4:40 PM GMT
2 shot, 1 critically after violent card game in West Woodlawn, Chicago police say
Two men were injured after a card game turned violent on the city's South Side, according to Chicago police.
The shooting happened around 1:22 a.m. in the 6500-block of Rhodes Avenue in the West Woodlawn neighborhood.
A group of men were playing a card game inside a home when an argument began, according to police.
A man, 40, was shot in the right thigh and right armpit. He was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.
FULL STORY | 2 shot, 1 critically after violent card game in West Woodlawn, Chicago police say
Jul 14, 2024, 4:22 PM GMT
4 injured, 2 critically in Pill Hill shooting, Chicago police say
Four people were shot at a South Side party, according to Chicago police.
The shooting happened around 1:42 a.m. on Sunday in the 9500-block of Merrill Avenue in the Pill Hill neighborhood.
A man, 19, and a woman, 22, were taken to the hospital in critical condition. Two others were injured, but were expected to be okay.
No one is in custody. CPD Area One detectives are investigating.
Four people were injured in a Pill Hill shooting on Merrill Avenue on the city's South Side in overnight Chicago crime, according to police.
FULL STORY: 4 shot, 2 critically at Pill Hill party, Chicago police say
Jul 13, 2024, 4:24 PM GMT
At least 13 shot, 2 fatally, in weekend gun violence across Chicago, police say
At least 13 people have been shot, two fatally, in shootings across Chicago so far this weekend, police said.
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Jul 13, 2024, 11:49 AM GMT
3 men wounded, 2 critically, in Garfield Park shootout: Chicago police
Three men were injured in a West Side shootout early Saturday morning, Chicago police said.
Police said the shooting happened in the Garfield Park neighborhood's 3300-block of West Maypole Avenue just before 12:45 a.m.
A Garfield Park, Chicago shootout left three men wounded early Saturday morning in the 3300-block of West Maypole Avenue, the police department said.
