Overview
- A shooting at a large gathering in Washington Park on Chicago’s South Side late Saturday night sent as many as 14 to 15 people to hospitals and left one man dead, according to police.
- Early Sunday in Trenton, New Jersey, multiple suspects opened fire into a block party on the 100 block of Locust Street, killing two people and injuring eight to nine others while investigators recovered roughly 40–50 shell casings.
- The Cook County Medical Examiner identified the Chicago fatality as 35-year-old Rontonio M. Guterz and Trenton authorities later named victims Tyasiah West and Anthony Howlett.
- Police in both cities say they have collected large amounts of physical evidence, heard dispatch audio and reviewed witness video; officers detained at least one person in Chicago and no public arrests have been announced in either case while rewards are being offered for information.
- Local groups and officials have mobilized crisis support and counseling for victims and witnesses as the shootings join a pattern of concentrated weekend violence at large public gatherings that has complicated investigations and strained city resources.