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Chicago police report homicides, shootings down despite violent July 4 weekend
1 month ago | By WGN TV
CHICAGO - Gunfire flared in Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend, leaving more than half a dozen people dead and at least 60 wounded.
The violence began around 2 a.m. last Friday when five people were shot, two fatally, in the South Loop. Chicago police Superintendent David Brown addressed another Friday shooting incident that saw a CPD officer shot near the West Side .
"We also witnessed the dangers of police work over the long weekend as officers were met with violence while they worked to keep the city safe," Brown said. "We saw it on Friday when an officer was wounded in the line of...
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