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Investigations Continue After Weekend Shootings in Chicago and Queens

Police in Chicago alongside counterparts in Queens are investigating multiple weekend shootings, from a scooter-based attack to a fatal drive-by, with no arrests so far

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Crime scene tape pictured on June 16, 2018. (Rose Abuin/New York Daily News)
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Overview

  • A scooter-riding assailant opened fire on a parked vehicle in Old Town late Friday, seriously wounding a 40-year-old man who may face illegal firearm possession charges
  • Officers found 43-year-old Prince Johnson dead on the Far South Side late Friday with no arrests made
  • Early Saturday, a gunman wounded a driver on the southbound Kennedy Expressway, triggering a crash that closed lanes until investigators cleared the scene
  • A drive-by shooting around 8 a.m. Saturday in South Jamaica, Queens, killed a 41-year-old man on 110th Avenue with the suspect still at large
  • Chicago PD, Illinois State Police and NYPD detectives are actively investigating these incidents during a broader summer surge in urban gun violence