The string of shootings occurred as newly-elected Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's safety plan was deployed over the Memorial Day weekend.
0:47, 11 fatally, over a violent Memorial Day weekend in Chicago, police said.
Besides the 11 people who were fatally shot over the weekend, an additional person was fatally stabbed, according to police. Johnson acknowledged that "we have a lot of work to do" to curb gun violence in Chicago and said poverty continues to be one of the primary reasons for the shootings and homicides.
Just after 2 a.m. Saturday, a 35-year-old man was found on a sidewalk in the Lake View East neighborhood suffering from a bullet wound to the chest, according to police. The victim, William Hair, was taken to Masonic Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. No arrests have been announced.WLS-TVHe said his brother was walking home from a bar with his best friend when a car pulled up alongside them. The occupants of the vehicle shot Hair while attempting to rob him and his friend.
At about 3:20 a.m. Saturday, a 22-year-old man, identified by police as Jonathan Salgado, was shot in the chest while standing on a sidewalk in the Little Village neighborhood in the southwest area of the city, police said. Salgado was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
About an hour later, a 26-year-old man was shot and killed when he exited a gas station in the West Woodlawn section of the city, police said.
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