Chicago, USA welcomes another "violent weekend": at least 22 people shot and 5 deaths
According to ABC's Chicago Channel on September 10th, there have been multiple gun violence incidents in the city of Chicago over the past weekend, resulting in at least 22 people being shot and 5 deaths so far.
The Chicago police stated that around 10:40 pm local time on the 8th, a man was shot in the back in the hallway of a building and was taken to the hospital before dying due to severe injuries; Around 3am on the 9th, a shooting incident occurred in a small alley, and a man who was shot in the head died on the spot; Around 8 a.m., a gunman opened fire on a man and a woman inside the house, resulting in the death of the man and the critical condition of the woman; At around 9:52, a 25-year-old man was shot and was taken to the hospital before being declared dead; Around 3am on the 10th, a 45 year old man was found with multiple guns in his car and died on the spot.
The Chicago police also reported that over the previous weekend, at least 42 people in the city were shot, with 7 deaths. Chicago Mayor Johnson once admitted that there is "still a lot of work to be done" by local authorities in curbing gun violence. According to data cited by ABC on the 4th, there have been at least 484 large-scale shooting incidents in the United States so far this year, with an average of almost two large-scale shooting incidents occurring every day.
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