At least 26 people were shot, four of them fatally, during the final weekend of Lori Lightfoot's (D) term as Mayor of Chicago.
According to Breitbart News, at least 14 people were shot in Chicago, three fatally, on Friday and Saturday night alone. The total number of shooting victims was at least 26 by Monday morning, with at least one additional shooting fatality, as reported by ABC 7/Chicago Sun-Times.
On Sunday, just before 5 p.m., police found a man with a headshot wound in the 7900 block of South Marquette Avenue. He was dead at the scene. This fatal shooting came hours after three people were shot while standing in the first block of West Hubbard Street. Two of the three, a 22-year-old and a 26-year-old, were critically wounded.
Gun violence has been a persistent issue during Lori Lightfoot's one term as mayor and unsuccessful re-election campaign. According to the NRA, 2,767 people were killed in Chicago during Lightfoot's tenure. The most violent year of her term was 2021, the deadliest year Chicago has seen in a quarter of a century. Chicago police confirmed 797 homicides during 2021, as reported by The Hill.
So far this year, at least 170 people have been killed in Chicago, according to the Chicago Tribune. The city's gun violence problem has been a constant challenge for Lightfoot, who has been criticized for handling the issue.
AWR Hawkins, an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News, noted the ongoing violence in Chicago and its impact on its residents. Hawkins is a political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. He holds a Ph.D. in Military History, focusing on the Vietnam War, U.S. Navy since Inception, the Civil War, and Early Modern Europe.
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