Overview

• At least 19 people were shot in Chicago during the Fourth of July weekend, with two fatalities across the city’s South Side and overnight shootings.
• A mass shooting in Back of the Yards late Friday wounded seven people, followed by an early Saturday drive-by near the Cook County Courthouse that left four injured, three critically.
• Saturday morning on the Near North Side, officers used surveillance cameras and license-plate readers to track and arrest a gunman after he ambushed a driver, killing a 46-year-old man.
• In a separate Logan Square incident, a 45-year-old woman allegedly stabbed three children—killing a 4-year-old boy—and set her home ablaze, injuring neighbors and first responders with smoke inhalation.
• Indianapolis saw a downtown mass shooting early Saturday that killed two people, including a juvenile, and left others wounded, prompting Police Chief Chris Bailey to call for increased parental supervision.