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The shooting outside Artis Restaurant and Lounge on Chicago
Avenue left four people dead and 18 others wounded. Police said
a vehicle pulled up near a crowd of people on the sidewalk, and
gunfire erupted from the vehicle. The incident happened as a
crowd was leaving a release party for a local music artist.
Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said detectives are
working hard to solve the crime.
“We as a Chicago Police Department want to make sure that we
bring justice to these families, but we also want to make sure
that we take individuals who are this violent and this careless
off the streets,” Snelling said.
Snelling said he could not confirm or deny that the incident
might have involved retaliation after a shooting on the South
Side days before.
“We are continuing to gather facts about this. I don’t ever want
to stand up here and give you information that we can’t prove
concretely. Right now, everybody is working across the
districts, across bureaus, and we’re going to make sure we get
to the bottom of this,” Snelling said.
Snelling ordered the restaurant to be closed while investigation
of the crime scene continued. He said the federal Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was investigating the
shell casings found at the site. The superintendent said there
was the possibility that a rifle was used and that two different
calibers of shell casings were recovered.
Snelling thanked police and fire department personnel who
responded and treated victims at a crime scene he described as
“chaotic.”
Johnson said a separate shooting on the Far South Side left four
people hospitalized early Thursday.
“Shootings like these are a tragic reminder of how far we still
have to go as a city,” Johnson said.
The mayor said he still wanted people to enjoy Chicago this
weekend.
“This tragedy that we are working through today, again, this
does not define us as a city. This is still the top destination
for people around the globe,” Johnson said.
In recent weeks, the mayor has said repeatedly that his
administration is making Chicago the safest and most affordable
big city in America.
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