Officials: More Than 80 Shot, 14 Dead Over July 4th Weekend in Chicago

Officials: More Than 80 Shot, 14 Dead Over July 4th Weekend in Chicago
Chicago police work at the scene of a mass shooting in a file photo. Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune/TNS
Jack Phillips
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Authorities in Chicago say more than 80 people were shot, including 14 fatally, over the Fourth of July weekend. Several children were counted among the victims.

Officials told ABC7 and other news outlets that two people were killed and at least four were wounded, including a 12-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy, during a mass shooting at Washington Park in Chicago’s South Side district early on July 5.
Jack Phillips
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