A 14-year-old boy was among eight people killed over the long holiday weekend that saw nearly 40 others — including a 13 people shot during a Juneteenth celebration on the Far South Side — wounded.
The Roseland neighborhood mass shooting caught the attention of President Donald Trump, who posted on social media: “Lots of Killing going on in Chicago. 22 people shot, at least 4 Dead. Why isn’t Governor Pritzker calling me for help.”
The dead included Marcus Chatman, 14, who was shot multiple times around 11:30 p.m. Thursday in the 8000 block of South Carpenter Street in Auburn Gresham, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.
Seven others killed from Thursday 5 p.m. until Monday at 5 a.m., include Christopher A. Lakes, 34 and killed in Austin; Aniyhas S. Jackson, 18 and also shot in Austin; a 21-year-old man shot in the 5500 block of South Princeton Avenue in Englewood; a 37-year-old man killed in the 500 block of East 38th Street in Bronzeville; a 33-year-old man shot in the 3000 block of West 30th Street in Little Village; a 29-year-old man shot in the 11900 block of South Michigan Avenue in West Pullman and a 32-year-old man shot in the 600 block of East 92nd Street in Chatham, officials said.
The mass shooting happened Friday about 11:10 p.m. in the 200 block of West 95th Street as a large crowd gathered for the holiday. A red SUV drove by and two people inside opened fire, hitting the 13 victims, whose ages ranged from 17 to 47.
Other shootings wounded nearly 20 others in neighborhoods on the South and West Sides, according to Chicago police.