Overview
- More than 50 people were shot and six killed in Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend.
- Numerous drive-by shootings struck neighborhoods across the city, including one near the Cook County Courthouse.
- Sixteen-year-old Meeyah Smith was struck in the throat in Avalon Park and later pronounced dead.
- No suspects are in custody for the South Austin attacks and Area Four detectives are leading the investigations.
- The weekend violence intensified a summer pattern and pushed Chicago’s 2025 homicide toll past 200.