{"id":2578381,"date":"2026-03-10T20:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T00:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-led-chicago-sees-over-a-dozen-people-shot-during-the-weekend\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T20:53:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T00:53:26","slug":"democratic-led-chicago-sees-over-a-dozen-people-shot-during-the-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-led-chicago-sees-over-a-dozen-people-shot-during-the-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic-Led Chicago Sees Over a Dozen People Shot During the Weekend"},"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%2Fdemocratic-led-chicago-sees-over-a-dozen-people-shot-during-the-weekend%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=2578381&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>Over the weekend, Chicago experienced a surge of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-wave-of-portland-police-quit-amid-massive-spike-in-shootings-and-stabbings-fire-dept-responding-to-10-homeless-tent-fires-a-day\/\" title=\"Another Wave Of Portland Police Quit Amid Massive Spike In ...s And Stabbings; Fire Dept. Responding To 10+ Homeless Tent Fires A Day\">gun violence<\/a>, with at least five people killed and nine wounded, according to CBS News. The violence began Friday night when a 13-year-old girl <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-cites-burden-of-capitalism-as-reason-why-people-arent-having-kids\/\" title=\"AOC Cites &quot;Burden of Capitalism&quot; As Reason Why ... Aren&#039;t Having Kids\">filming social media videos<\/a> in Oakland Park was shot after someone opened fire toward children; she was taken to comer Children\u2019s Hospital in critical condition. Other victims included a 79-year-old man shot in the face, a 62-year-old man robbed and shot, and, on Saturday, two women aged 68 and 71 found dead with chest wounds, with a 75-year-old man in custody. On Sunday, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-found-shot-in-neck-in-otay-mesa-neighborhood\/\" title=\"... Found ... in Neck in Otay Mesa Neighborhood\">man found shot<\/a> in a car died from his injuries.<\/p>\n<p>By Monday, two men, ages 19 and 20, were shot while in a car; the 19-year-old died, and the 20-year-old was in critical condition. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >coverage notes social-media posts<\/a> that claim 14 shootings occurred over the weekend,though counts vary by source. Chicago Police data cited in the report show 25 homicides in February (up 19% from the same month last year), 81 shooting incidents in February, and 221 shooting victims in the first two months of 2026, up slightly from 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Sources cited include CBS News and the Chicago Sun-Times, with related crime statistics referenced from WTTW-TV.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A blue city ran red over the weekend as violence flared.<\/p>\n<p>At least five people were killed and nine more were wounded in Chicago, Illinois, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/chicago-weekend-shootings-march-6-to-9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The first shooting of the weekend took place Friday shortly before 10 p.m., when a 13-year-old girl was filming social media videos with her friends, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/crime\/2026\/03\/09\/girl-13-shot-and-critically-wounded-while-filming-social-media-in-oakland-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago Sun-Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Someone entered the park and shot several times in the direction of the children.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Reported that Chicago had 14 shootings this past weekend. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lCqkYinHd9\">pic.twitter.com\/lCqkYinHd9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brat915 (@RichardWal85821) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichardWal85821\/status\/2031215413342896621?\">March 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The girl suffered multiple wounds, and witnesses carried her to a nearby bus stop. From there, an ambulance took her to Comer Children&rsquo;s Hospital, where she was listed in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>As CBS News noted, age was no barrier to being shot.<\/p>\n<p>At 10:47 a.m. on Saturday, a 79-year-old man was shot in the face by two or three people who approached the vehicle on foot. The man was listed in &ldquo;good condition,&rdquo; per CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the day, a 62-year-old man sitting in a car was robbed and then shot. He was also listed in good condition.<\/p>\n<p>At 10:50 p.m. on Saturday, two women, ages 68 and 71, were found dead with wounds to the chest. A 75-year-old man was taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p>A man found in a car shortly before 8 p.m. on Sunday likewise succumbed to his injuries. He was wounded in the chest.<\/p>\n<p>At 12:44 a.m. on Monday, two men, 19 and 20, were shot as they sat in a car.<\/p>\n<p>A car pulled up. Two men got out and shot the occupants of the car.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; DEMOCRAT-RUN CHICAGO BLEEDS AGAIN!<\/p>\n<p>At least 14 people shot over the weekend in the Windy City, another bloody tally under one-party Democrat rule that refuses to lock up criminals or back the police. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GQ1kvqbmPp\">pic.twitter.com\/GQ1kvqbmPp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gunther Eagleman&trade; (@GuntherEagleman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GuntherEagleman\/status\/2031069365135630575?\">March 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old man was shot in the back and taken to a hospital in critical condition. The 19-year-old suffered multiple wounds and died in the car.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Police Department data says there were 25 homicides in February, an increase of 19 percent from the same month last year, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.wttw.com\/2026\/03\/04\/shootings-and-homicides-increased-across-chicago-last-month-violence-remains-down\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WTTW-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Windy City recorded 81 shooting incidents in February, up 8 percent from last year.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago logged 221 shooting victims through the first two months of 2026 compared to 215 in the first two months of 2025.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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CBS News reports at least five people were killed and nine wounded. The weekend\u2019s first shooting occurred Friday night, just before 10 o\u2019clock, when a 13-year-old girl filming videos in a park was struck as shots were fired toward the group. Officials noted that the city had about 14 shootings over the period. A bystander helped the injured girl to a nearby bus stop before an ambulance carried her to Comer Children\u2019s Hospital in critical condition. <\/p>\n<p>Key subsequent incidents included:<br \/>\n&#8211; A 79-year-old man shot in the face around 10:47 a.m. Saturday; listed in good condition.<br \/>\n&#8211; A 62-year-old man in a car who was robbed and then shot; listed in good condition.<br \/>\n&#8211; Two women, aged 68 and 71, found dead with chest wounds at around 10:50 p.m. Saturday; a 75-year-old man was taken into custody.<br \/>\n&#8211; A man found injured in a car shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday and later died.<br \/>\n&#8211; At 12:44 a.m. Monday, two men, 19 and 20, were shot as they sat in a car when another car pulled up and opened fire.<\/p>\n<p>A social-media post framed the violence as a consequence of Democratic leadership, but police data for February showed 25 homicides (up 19% from the prior year), 81 shooting incidents (up 8%), and 221 shooting victims in the first two months of 2026 (vs. 215 in the same period in 2025)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2578382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-03-10T180536.670.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4387,6744,6665],"class_list":["post-2578381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-chicago","tag-shootings","tag-weekend"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-03-10T180536.670.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578381","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2578381"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2578385,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578381\/revisions\/2578385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2578382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2578381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2578381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2578381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}