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.
A 16-year-old boy was seriously wounded in a North Side shooting on Friday, Chicago police said.
It happened at around 8:09 p. in the 1600 blk. of W. Juneway Terrace in Rogers Park.
Police said the teen was standing in an alley with several other people when shots rang out.
He was hit in the abdomen and back.
No one is in custody.
Area Three detectives are investigating.
A shooting left a woman dead and two other women hurt Friday night on the city's West Side, Chicago police said.
This happened just after 9:40 p.m. near Fulton and Kedzie, in the Garfield Park neighborhood.
Video from the scene showed a large police response to the shooting, including at least one bullet through a car's windshield.
A witness said he heard shots.
"I just heard a shooting, I got down to the ground," said Regal. "I heard three girls got shot, one lost her life. That's all I know man, wicked wild west."
CPD said an unidentified woman was taken to Stroger Hospital where she died.
A 25-year-old woman was shot in the shoulder and taken to Stroger Hospital in fair condition, police said.
A 23-year-old woman was transported to Mt. Sinai with a gunshot wound to the back, police said. She was listed in fair condition.
The three victims were found inside and outside the home, police said. So investigators are till trying to figure out where exactly the shots were fired.
No one is in custody.
A man was shot to death inside a vehicle on Chicago's West Side on Friday evening, police said.
Police said the shooting happened in the East Garfield Park neighborhood's 400-block of North Springfield Avenue just before 10 p.m.
A 38-year-old man was a passenger in a vehicle traveling on Springfield Avenue when shots were fired, police said.
The victim, shot in his face and chest, was driven to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
There is no one in custody and Area Four detectives are investigating.
Police did not immediately provide further information about the shooting.
An employee of a popular fast-food restaurant on Chicago's South Side has been charged with fatally shooting two customers on Monday night, police said.
Police said the shooting happened inside a JJ Fish and Chicken in the Wrightwood neighborhood near 79th and Western at about 10:30 p.m.
Police said the shooting happened after an argument between a customer and an employee, 42-year-old Mehdi Medellel.
Police said two customers started arguing with Medellel, and he, at some point, pulled out a handgun and fired shots. The two customers, a 55-year-old man and a 56-year-old man, were shot in their heads and died at the scene.
CPD said Medellel has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder. He is due in court on Wednesday.
