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.