At least 150 people fatally shot in more than 400
shootings over the Fourth of July weekend
By Emma
Tucker, Omar Jimenez and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN
Updated
0303 GMT (1103 HKT) July 6, 2021
(CNN)At
least 150 people were killed by gun violence in more than 400 shootings across
the country during the Fourth of July weekend as major cities nationwide
confront a surge in violent crime, according to data compiled by the Gun
Violence Archive.
The data,
which includes the number of shooting incidents and gun violence victims
nationally over a 72-hour period from Friday through Sunday, is still evolving
and will be updated.
In New
York, where gun violence has been rising to levels not seen in years, there
were 26 victims from 21 shootings from Friday to Sunday, a decrease from the
same period last year when 30 people were shot in 25 shootings, the New York
Police Department said.
On July 4,
the city experienced 12 shooting incidents that involved 13 victims, an
increase from last year when there were eight shootings and eight victims,
according to the NYPD.
So far this
year, gun violence incidents in New York have spiked almost 40% over the same
period in 2020, with 767 shootings and 885 victims. CNN has requested data on
how many of the shootings over the weekend resulted in homicides.
In Chicago,
after Police Superintendent David Brown raised concerns before the "most
challenging weekend of the year" for police, 83 people were shot,
including 14 killed, in shootings from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Monday,
according to a CNN review of preliminary Chicago Police Department data. The
injured included a 5-year-old girl wounded on Sunday afternoon and a 6-year-old
girl shot early Monday.
One of the
14 people killed was a member of the Illinois Army National Guard, CNN
affiliate WLS reported. His family identified him on social media as Chrys
Carvajal, though the Cook County medical examiner has not officially released
his name.
Lt. Col.
Brad Leighton confirmed to CNN that Carvajal was assigned to the Company L,
Recruitment Sustainment Program, Recruiting and Retention Battalion, of the
Illinois Army National Guard.
"(Carvajal)
was new to the Illinois National Guard and was to be assigned to a
transportation unit. He had recently completed Army basic training,"
Leighton said. "Our hearts go out Pvt. 1st Class Carvajal's family and
friends.
Two Chicago
police officers were injured in an overnight shooting as an individual opened
fire while officers were dispersing a crowd of several thousand people and made
more than 60 arrests, police said. Both are expected to survive.
Unlike
other cities experiencing a spike in violent crime, the homicide rate in
Chicago through June is 2% lower than the same period in 2020. The number of
victims is still 14% higher.
A reason
for the drop was a less violent June where Chicago saw a 20% drop in homicides
compared to last year (98 instead of 78), a 13% drop in shootings (416 compared
to 363) and an 8% decrease in shooting victims (540 compared to 499).
Violence
across America
In suburban
Atlanta, golf professional Gene Siller was fatally shot at a country club on
Saturday, and police are still looking for the suspect, according to Cobb
County police. Siller, 41, was found unresponsive with an "apparent
gunshot wound to the head" and was pronounced dead at the scene, police
said. Two other gunshot victims were also found on the course.
Police are
still searching for the suspect, who has not been identified.
There were
several mass shootings over the holiday weekend. CNN defines a mass shooting as
an incident with four or more people killed or wounded by gunfire, excluding
the shooter.
Eight
people were injured early Sunday morning in a shooting near a car wash in Fort
Worth, Texas, after an argument between a group of men, according to a Fort
Worth police news release.
One of the
men left during the argument, returned with a gun and began firing "toward
groups of people," and multiple people returned gunfire, the release said.
Most of the victims, who are in stable condition, are believed to be innocent
bystanders, police said.
In Norfolk,
Virginia, four children were shot on Friday afternoon, including a 6-year-old
girl who was initially reported to be suffering life-threatening injuries but
is now in stable condition, according to Norfolk police. The victims also
included a 14-year-old boy, a 16-year-old girl, and a 16-year-old boy, all of
whom are expected to fully recover.
Norfolk
police said detectives have arrested and charged a 15-year-old boy in
connection with the shooting.
One person
and eleven others were injured in a shooting at a block party attended by
several hundred people in Toledo, Ohio on Sunday night, according to Toledo
police. A 17-year-old is dead after he was flown by helicopter to the
University of Michigan Hospital for treatment, according to Toledo Police Chief
George Kral.
Two
victims, a 51-year-old and a 19-year old, are in critical condition, Kral said,
and the other nine people wounded are in stable condition, their ages ranging
from an 11-year-old to three 19-year-olds.
Police in
Cincinnati, Ohio, said two males, ages 16 and 19, were killed and three others
injured at a holiday celebration at a park late Sunday night. The two males
were "engaged in a verbal altercation that resulted in the two exchanging
gunfire" and the other victims were caught in the crossfire, Cincinnati
Police Chief Eliot Isaac said at a news briefing on Monday.
Two girls,
ages 16 and 17, and a 15-year-old boy were wounded in the shooting, Isaac said.
The 17-year-old girl is in critical condition with a gunshot wound to her back
while the other two victims suffered gunshot wounds that were not
life-threatening, Isaac said.
In Dallas,
police responded to two separate shootings on July 4, one of which involved
five men who were shot. Three of the victims were pronounced dead after being
transported to a nearby hospital, police said. A 61-year-old man was killed in
another incident after being shot "multiple times in the street during a
disturbance," and died at a local hospital, according to Dallas police
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