{"id":1219651,"date":"2022-01-17T08:37:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T13:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1219651"},"modified":"2022-01-17T08:37:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T13:37:59","slug":"at-least-29-shot-during-weekend-in-mayor-lori-lightfoots-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-29-shot-during-weekend-in-mayor-lori-lightfoots-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"At Least 29 Shot During Weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot&#039;s Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fat-least-29-shot-during-weekend-in-mayor-lori-lightfoots-chicago%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1219651&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/01\/Lori-Lightfoot-chair-pout-ap-640x335.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">At least 29 people were shot, four of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot\u2019s (D) Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>ABC 7 \/ <em>Chicago Sun-Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/chicago-shootings-violence-weekend-police\/11474962\/\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;the first fatal shooting of the weekend occurred around 11:30 p.m. \u201cin the 3100 block of West Chicago Avenue.\u201d A 39-year-old man was sitting in his car at a gas pump when two people exited another and opened fire, shooting him \u201cmultiple times in the chest.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The 39-year-old was a taken to a hospital, where he died.<\/p>\n<p>A 30-year-old man was sitting in a vehicle \u201d&nbsp;in the 9200 block of South Normal Avenue\u201d Saturday around 7:45 a.m. when gunmen approached and opened fire, shooting him multiple times.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The third fatal shooting of the weekend was discovered Saturday about 12;45 p.m. when a 24-year-old with gunshot wounds was found in Austin. The 24-year-old was \u201cunresponsive\u201d when found. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>CBS Chicago <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.cbslocal.com\/2022\/01\/16\/1-dead-3-wounded-weekend-shootings-in-city\/\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;the fourth fatal shooting of the weekend occurred at 12:44 a.m., when a 20-year-old was shot and killed while walking in \u201cthe 200 block of West 43<sup>rd<\/sup>&nbsp;Street.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/02\/2021-deadliest-year-in-quarter-of-a-century-in-lori-lightfoots-chicago\/\">noted<\/a>&nbsp;homicides surged in Lightfoot\u2019s Chicago during 2021,&nbsp;making the year&nbsp;the deadliest in a quarter of a century.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Hill&nbsp;<\/em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/587891-chicagos-797-homicides-in-2021-highest-in-25-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">pointed out<\/a>&nbsp;Chicago police confirmed the city witnessed 797 homicides during the course of 2021, while the&nbsp;<em>Chicago Sun-Times<\/em>&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/crime\/2022\/1\/3\/22858995\/chicago-violence-dangerous-murders-per-capita-2021-2020-surge-garfield-park-police-lori-lightfoot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">observed<\/a>&nbsp;that Cook County medical examiner\u2019s records show 836 homicides for the city.<\/p>\n<p><em>AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News<\/em><em>&nbsp;and the writer\/curator of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down Range with AWR Hawkins<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em><em>a weekly newsletter focused o<\/em><em>n al<\/em><em>l things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. Follow him on Instagram:&nbsp;<\/em><em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/awr_hawkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@awr_hawkins<\/a>. Reach him at&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:awrhawkins@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">awrhawkins@breitbart.com<\/a>. You can sign up to get Down Range at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breitbart.com\/downrange<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 29 people were shot, four of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot\u2019s (D) Chicago. 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