7-year-old fatally shot as gun violence rocks 3 major US cities

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In Chicago, at least 46 people were shot between 5 p.m. on Friday and Sunday afternoon, four of them fatally, according to the Chicago Police Department.

Prior to this weekend, more than 2,123 people had been shot in Chicago this year, which is a 12% increase from the same time period in 2020, according to police department crime statistics. Before this weekend, Chicago has recorded 478 homicides, a 2% increase over last year at this time.

Just after 2 a.m. Sunday, three teenagers, the youngest 15, were shot and wounded while standing outside a gas station in the city's Chatham neighborhood on the South Side, police said. About 20 minutes later, three other people were shot while traveling in a car in the Mayfair neighborhood in northwest Chicago, police said.

MORE: Chilling body camera video shows suspected gunman stepping over slain Chicago Officer Ella French "I would personally like them to encourage Mayor Kenney to declare a state of emergency in Philadelphia due to gun violence," Johnson said."Most of all to save the lives of our children." Around 5 a.m. Saturday, a man was found shot in the parking lot of a gas station in the Wynnefield neighborhood in the northwest part of Philadelphia police said. The man, who was not named by police, was pronounced dead at a hospital.

 

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I wonder how many kids born now are the reincarnation of people killed by this gun violence..

I am getting REALLY mad at our so called Leaders that do nothing as children are shot to death TAKE ACTION - MAKE THE USA SAFER

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