At Least 24 Shot, 5 Fatally, Across Chicago Over the Weekend: Police

Chicago and Evanston police investigate a crime scene after a gunman went on a shooting spree before being killed by police during a shootout in Evanston, Ill., on Jan. 9, 2021. Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP

At least 24 people were shot, including five fatally, between Friday night and Sunday morning in Chicago.

Police in Chicago said the weekend’s first fatality occurred at 8:55 p.m. Friday after a 26-year-old man was shot in the head on South Kenneth Avenue, reported the Chicago Sun-Times.