{"id":2455110,"date":"2025-07-03T08:37:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T12:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-dead-and-over-a-dozen-injured-in-downtown-chicago-shooting\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T08:37:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T12:37:48","slug":"four-dead-and-over-a-dozen-injured-in-downtown-chicago-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-dead-and-over-a-dozen-injured-in-downtown-chicago-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Four dead and over a dozen injured in downtown Chicago shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Ffour-dead-and-over-a-dozen-injured-in-downtown-chicago-shooting%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=2455110&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--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-dead-and-two-injured-in-neighbor-on-neighbor-shooting-at-hawaii-home-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Four dead and two ... in \u2018neighbor-on-neighbor\u2019 shooting at Hawaii home - Washington Examiner\">tragic shooting incident occurred<\/a> in downtown Chicago on Wednesday night, resulting in the deaths of four individuals and over a dozen injuries. Preliminary reports indicate that a gunman in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-41-shot-over-the-weekend-in-lightfoots-chicago\/\" title=\"At least 41 shot over the weekend in Lightfoot\u2019s ...\">vehicle opened fire<\/a> into a crowd outside the Artis Lounge nightclub around 11 p.m., where attendees had gathered to celebrate the album release of rapper mello Buckzz. Among the deceased are two men (aged 24 and 25) and two women, while the wounded include 11 women and three men aged between 21 and 32. <\/p>\n<p>Mello Buckzz expressed her grief on social media, revealing that she lost her boyfriend and two close friends in the attack. Videos from the scene depicted a chaotic aftermath,with blood on the sidewalk and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >emergency responders providing aid<\/a> to the injured. The shooting has drawn attention to ongoing issues of gun violence in urban areas.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Four dead and over a dozen injured in downtown Chicago shooting<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2126680\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A gunman killed four people and injured over a dozen more, three critically, in a drive-by shooting in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Chicago\">Chicago<\/a> on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>According to preliminary information from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"police\">police<\/a>, a vehicle stopped by and fired into a crowd gathered inside and outside of a nightclub at around 11 p.m. before speeding away. The dead include two men, ages 24 and 25, and two women, CBS News Chicago reported. The wounded consisted of 11 women and three men, aged 21 to 32 years old.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3461476\/intern-house-republican-ron-estes-killed-dc-shooting\/\">Intern for House Republican Ron Estes fatally shot in DC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3459812\/what-to-know-wess-roley-idaho-fire-shooting-suspect\/\">What to know about Wess Roley, the 20-year-old suspect in the Idaho fire shooting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3459630\/trump-administration-doj-cnn-ice-tracker-false-reports-iran-prosecute\/\">Trump administration working to prosecute CNN for promoting ICE tracker, &#8216;false reports&#8217; about Iran<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Officers work the scene of a shooting Wednesday, July 2, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez\/Chicago Tribune via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The crowd gathered outside the Artis Lounge nightclub for rapper Mello Buckzz&rsquo;s party to celebrate the release of her new album, <em>Hollyhood<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Buckzz, 24, revealed her boyfriend and two close friends were killed in the shooting, commemorating them both on her Instagram account.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We was having so much fun in our private little life &hellip; couldn&rsquo;t leave each other alone glued to my hip everyday its not a night we aint spend together,&rdquo; she wrote over a video of the two dancing with a crying emoji. &ldquo;[I&rsquo;m] so f***ing angry u was woke i held yo hand until i couldnt u talked to me clearly ion get it boo im f***ed up.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;D*** shorty my mfn dog &hellip; my brotherrrr u n vonte was my 2 ppl im so lost,&rdquo; Buckzz said with sad emojis. &ldquo;i cant believe i lost both yall in 1 night.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Posts from Buckzz tagged two of the dead women, identified as her close friends. They were posting videos of the party from within the nightclub on their Instagram accounts until moments before their deaths, meaning at least three of the four killed were shot within the nightclub.<\/p>\n<p>Videos posted on social media showed blood splattered on the sidewalk outside of the club as well, with first responders performing CPR on some of the victims. Over a dozen police cars and ambulances were at the scene.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3453873\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-joins-progressive-race-to-the-bottom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"NYC JOINS CHICAGO AND CALIFORNIA IN A PROGRESSIVE RACE TO THE BOTTOM\">NYC JOINS CHICAGO AND CALIFORNIA IN A PROGRESSIVE RACE TO THE BOTTOM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intelFromBrian\/status\/1940661951140712783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Social media reports\">Social media reports<\/a> said Buckzz was unharmed, but fellow rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intelFromBrian\/status\/1940660355841380761\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Social media reports\">Doo Wop<\/a> was injured.<\/p>\n<p>The injured were sent to several surrounding hospitals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2126680\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2126680\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four killed, over a dozen injured in Chicago drive-by shooting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2455111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mello-Buckzz.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4387,50403,4133,4300,3699],"class_list":["post-2455110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-chicago","tag-crime-2","tag-news","tag-shooting","tag-violence"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mello-Buckzz.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2455110"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2455114,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455110\/revisions\/2455114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2455111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2455110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2455110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2455110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}