{"id":2616721,"date":"2026-06-20T13:59:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T17:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/12-shot-after-suv-pulls-up-and-opens-fire-on-a-crowd-chicago-police-say\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T14:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T18:00:07","slug":"12-shot-after-suv-pulls-up-and-opens-fire-on-a-crowd-chicago-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/12-shot-after-suv-pulls-up-and-opens-fire-on-a-crowd-chicago-police-say\/","title":{"rendered":"12 shot after SUV pulls up and opens fire on a crowd, Chicago police say"},"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\">30<\/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%2F12-shot-after-suv-pulls-up-and-opens-fire-on-a-crowd-chicago-police-say%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=2616721&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>On Friday night in Chicago, at least 12 people were injured by gunfire during an incident involving an SUV on the South Side. The SUV pulled up and two <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >males inside opened fire<\/a>, after which the vehicle fled the scene. Two of those shot remained in critical condition, one with a gunshot to the thigh. In total,21 people have been shot across the city since Friday evening,resulting in four fatalities. Among the victims were eight men and four women aged 17 to 47, with some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/six-questions-about-the-francis-scott-key-bridge-collapse-answered\/\" title=\"Answers to key questions on Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse\">refusing medical treatment<\/a>. The police responded to initial reports of gunfire that left a woman and a man wounded, both in fair condition, as they investigated further. the shootings coincided with Juneteenth celebrations and the opening of barack Obama\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/500m-obama-presidential-library-will-finally-break-ground-in-chicago-in-2021\/\" title=\"0M Obama Presidential Library Will Finally Break Ground In ... In 2021\">presidential center<\/a> in Chicago, turning a holiday typically associated with festivity into a tragedy. Local advocates criticized the violence, noting the stark contrast between the holiday\u2019s meaning and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rochester-n-y-declares-state-of-emergency-due-to-gun-violence\/\" title=\"Rochester, N.Y. declares state of emergency due to gun violence\">ongoing gun violence<\/a> in the city.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CHICAGO (AP) \u2014<\/strong> At least 12 people in a crowd on a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chicago\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"808\">Chicago<\/a> street suffered gunshot wounds after an SUV pulled up and two people inside started <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/shootings\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1988\">shooting<\/a>, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SUV drove away from the South Side neighborhood, leaving two people, both male, in critical condition following the shooting late Friday, police said in a news release. One suffered a gunshot wound to the thigh.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4613973\/mexican-illegal-immigrant-daca-ringleader-white-house-ufc-terrorism-plot\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Mexican illegal immigrant on DACA identified as \u2018ringleader\u2019 in White House UFC terrorism plot<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4613708\/ohio-festival-shooting-suspects-arrested\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Both suspects in Ohio festival shooting that injured 12 in custody, police say<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4612804\/gilgo-beach-serial-killer-life-prison-rex-heuermann\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Gilgo Beach serial killer sentenced to life in prison without parole<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The eight men and four women in the group ranged in age from 17 to 47. They were being treated at four hospitals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police said another man suffered unknown injuries and refused medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4617294\/mamdani-candidate-refuses-answer-murderers-jail\/\">MAMDANI-BACKED CANDIDATE REFUSES TO DIRECTLY ANSWER IF MURDERERS SHOULD GO TO JAIL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police initially responded to a call of one person shot, and found a woman with two gunshot wounds to her back and a man with four graze wounds to his back. Both were listed in fair condition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Detectives were investigating.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further information was not immediately available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police reported at least 21 people shot in the city since Friday evening, resulting in four deaths.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shootings happened on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/juneteenth\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4225\">Juneteenth<\/a>,\u00a0a holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the U.S. Earlier Friday, former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"360\">Barack Obama<\/a> and former first lady Michelle Obama <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4613879\/obama-850-million-presidential-center-opens-without-trump-invitation\/\">welcomed the first visitors<\/a> to his presidential center on the South Side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4614835\/photos-obama-presidential-center-opens-chicago\/\">PHOTOS: BEST MOMENTS FROM OBAMA\u2019S PRESIDENTIAL CENTER OPENING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pastor Donovan Price, a local advocate for gun crime victims, told CBS News that seeing a mass shooting like this on the holiday is a tragedy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt should be celebrating,\u201d he said. \u201cFireworks should not turn into gunshots.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago shooting leaves 12 wounded after SUV 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