5 Apr 2021
At least 34 people were shot, seven fatally, over Easter weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago.
On Sunday, Breitbart News reported 19 people were shot, one fatally, Good Friday into Easter morning alone. By Monday morning ABC 7 /
Chicago Sun-Timesnoted the violence had continued, resulting in at least 34 people shot, seven fatally, for the entire Easter weekend.
The
Chicago Tribuneobserved all seven weekend fatalities occurred on Easter Sunday.
Chicago is on track for record-breaking gun crime this year. For example, CNN explained the number of shooting victims for March 2021 was at a level police have not seen in four years: