Chicago violence leaves 66 shot and eight dead during July 4th Holiday

‘The US city of Chicago has celebrated a bloody Fourth of July weekend, with gunmen shooting at least 66 people, 8 of them fatally.
Gang crime and gun violence plagued most parts of the South and West sides from Friday afternoon through Tuesday afternoon, according to data kept by the Tribune.
Only on Tuesday, at least 1 person was shot killed and 6 others were wounded, authorities said.
At about 5:15 pm, a 21-year-old man was fatally shot in his car by a passing gunman. He “was parked in a vehicle was not the intended target,” according to information police provided.
This comes as the Chicago Police Department took on about 1,300 police officers to work each day since Friday to patrol those neighborhoods and other areas where violence is high.’
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