Overview
- Chicago police say four gunmen opened fire around 2:35 a.m. Sunday at LaSalle and Hubbard as four men entered a vehicle, killing a 34-year-old and leaving three men ages 35, 36 and 43 in critical condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
- Detectives recovered roughly 50 shell casings, reported the attackers approached on foot before fleeing by car, and examined a green Lamborghini SUV at the scene as they ask for tips to 800-535-STOP or CPDTIP.com.
- Across the post-Christmas weekend, Chicago recorded at least four fatalities and nine injuries in shootings, including a 23-year-old killed outside an Uptown McDonald’s after more than 40 shots and three men wounded in Auburn Gresham.
- In New York City, police identified 15-year-old Eric Aitken of Connecticut as the boy fatally shot inside a Bronx apartment building, with a 14-year-old also wounded and no arrests announced as the NYPD searches for multiple suspects.
- Separate holiday shootings under investigation include a Houston short-term rental party where two 17-year-olds were shot, a 9-year-old girl wounded at a southeast Houston complex, and an East Baltimore attack that killed a 34-year-old and left a 57-year-old in critical but stable condition.