Overview

• Two men opened fire around 11:11 p.m. Friday on a group in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, striking seven people who were taken to area hospitals.
• Two victims from the Back of the Yards shooting—a 42-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman—are in critical condition, while five others are listed in serious condition.
• Separate overnight shootings in Avalon Park, Austin, Chicago Lawn and Englewood left four people dead, including 16-year-old Meeyah Smith and 36-year-old Marco A. Velasquez.
• The Chicago Police Department is investigating all weekend shootings but has not made any arrests in the Back of the Yards incident or the fatal cases.
• These incidents follow a mass shooting in River North that killed four and injured 14, underscoring the city’s recurring summer spike in gun violence.