7-Year-Old Among 13 Killed in Weekend Shootings in Chicago

7-Year-Old Among 13 Killed in Weekend Shootings in Chicago
Police investigate in the 7200 block of South Artesian in Marquette Park, Chicago, Ill., on July 3, 2020. Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times
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CHICAGO—At least 13 people, including a 7-year-old girl at a family party and a teenage boy, were killed in Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend, police said. At least 59 others were shot and wounded.

In one shooting, just before midnight Saturday, four males opened fire on a large gathering in the street in the Englewood neighborhood, police spokesman Tom Ahern said. Two males died at the scene and two more, including a 14-year-old boy, died at a hospital, Ahern said.