By Wallace White
A spree of shootings in Chicago left at least five dead and more wounded over the weekend, according to ABC 7 news.
At least 26 people were shot in various incidents on Saturday and Sunday, and no one is in custody, according to ABC 7 news. Chicago led the nation in homicides for the 12th straight year in 2023, according to Illinois research nonprofit Wirepoints.
A man was shot dead in his high-rise apartment in the South Loop on Saturday, according to ABC 7. Timothy Fulton, 26, also sustained two gunshot wounds in an empty lot on Saturday and was pronounced dead at the hospital.
A 27-year-old man was shot in the back Sunday morning outside city Alderman Maria Hadden’s office, and he was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, the local outlet reported. Hadden wished the man a “speedy recovery.” (RELATED: Every Member Of Major Blue City School Board To Resign Amid Tension With Mayor)
There were also several drive-by shootings that injured victims over the weekend, including a 33-year-old man who sustained critical injuries after being shot above the eye while in the passenger seat of a vehicle, according to ABC 7. Three people were wounded in a South Side drive-by shooting, with two being in critical condition.
Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson recently let the city’s contract expire with gunshot detection system ShotSpotter, which a majority of city aldermen wanted to keep due to its utility in enabling faster police responses to suspected shootings.
Alderman David Moore of the 17th ward railed against Johnson’s decision, saying that ShotSpotter would’ve enhanced the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) response time to a murder of Sierra Evans, whose body was found nearly nine hours later.
“Instead of a resident finding her body hours later, the sound of gunfire would have alerted CPD to multiple shots at 12:06 a.m. and it would have done so in less than 30 seconds from the shots being detected,” Moore told NBC 5 Chicago. “While the politics of this city is trying to minimize this tragedy, I’m not going to remain silent. This is about saving lives. For a woman to be found 9 ½ hours after a ShotSpotter alert could have been sent is heartbreaking.”
The CPD did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
