Weekend Violence in Chicago: 44 People Shot, 6 Dead

Chicago police work at the scene of a shooting near East Chicago Avenue and North State Street in the Near North Side neighborhood in a file photo. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP

Multiple shooting incidents over the weekend resulted in at least 44 people being shot in Chicago, with six of them killed, according to the city’s police department.

Police are investigating the incidents but no one has been taken into custody over them. Weekend shooting incidents have been counted as occurring between June 17 and 19.