Crime & Law
Eight People Killed by Gunfire Over Labor Day Weekend in Chicago: Police
(Michael Izquierdo / WTTW News)
More than 50 people were shot including eight who were killed in separate shootings across Chicago during the Labor Day holiday weekend.
According to Chicago Police Department data, 58 total people were shot in 37 separate shootings between Friday and Monday evenings.
While the homicide total falls in line with numbers from the same weekend in other recent years — the CPD reported between six and nine homicides over each Labor Day weekend from 2022-24 — the overall number of people shot jumped up.
The 58 people shot between Friday and Monday is approximately double the amount from the 2024 Labor Day weekend. In 2023, 39 people were shot, six fatally over the holiday weekend.
“Every time someone gets shot, every time someone loses their life to violence, it’s a tragedy,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said at an unrelated press conference Tuesday. “My heart breaks every single day when these tragedies occur. As far as the work we are doing to drive violence down in the city of Chicago, I’m even more committed after a weekend like the one we just experienced.”
President Donald Trump has repeatedly pledged in recent weeks to send thousands of National Guard troops to Chicago to crack down on crime in the city, even as Gov. JB Pritzker, Mayor Brandon Johnson and other local officials have pledged to fight those plans.
Even with the uptick in violence over the weekend, the number of shootings and homicides in Chicago in 2025 remain down more than 30% each compared to last year, according to city data.
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled the Trump administration violated federal law through a similar deployment of National Guard troops to Southern California during immigration enforcement operations and accompanying protests, though that order did not require the remaining troops there to be withdrawn.
Among those killed over the Labor Day weekend in Chicago was a 48-year-old man who was shot just before 11:30 a.m. Monday in the 2600 block of South Kolin Avenue. He was standing outside when an unknown person approached and fired shots, striking the victim multiple times. He was initially hospitalized in critical condition, but later died of his injuries.
An adult man was fatally shot at around 8:30 p.m. Sunday in the 2400 block of South Drake Avenue. Police responding to a report of shots fired found the victim unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds. They were pronounced dead at the scene.
A 26-year-old woman was killed outside a home in the 13200 block of South Ellis Avenue at around 7:30 p.m. Sunday. The victim got into a verbal argument with a known person, who fired shots, striking the woman in the chest. She later died at a local hospital.
A 33-year-old man was fatally shot in the 6300 block of South Elizabeth Street at around 3 a.m. Sunday. Police said the victim got into an argument inside a residence with a man who then shot him in the head. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 46-year-old man was killed and two others were injured in a shooting Sunday just after 1:30 a.m. in the 1900 block of West 17th Street. The victims were standing outside at that location when one or more people approached and fired shots, striking all three men. The 46-year-old was struck multiple times and died. The other two were hospitalized in good condition.
A 43-year-old woman was shot and killed at around 7:45 p.m. Saturday in the 900 block of East 131st Street. Police said she was standing outside when five unknown people approached and fired shots, striking her multiple times.
A 29-year-old man was killed in the 500 block of North Sawyer Avenue at around 11 a.m. Saturday. The victim and another man were standing outside when someone exited a dark SUV nearby and opened fire, striking both. The 29-year-old was struck multiple times and died. The second victim was hospitalized.
Two women were shot, one fatally, in the 7700 block of South Essex Avenue just before midnight Friday. Officers responding to a report of shots fired found the victims inside an apartment. Both had been shot twice and were rushed to the hospital. One of the victims, a 25-year-old woman, was pronounced dead, while the second victim was listed in fair condition.
Seven people were wounded in a mass shooting in the 3500 block of South State Street at around 11 p.m. Saturday. The victims were standing in a crowd outside in that area when one or more people inside a passing vehicle fired shots. The victims, who ranged in age from 28 to 32, were all hospitalized in good condition.
The death of an adult man who was pulled from Lake Michigan on Saturday has also been ruled as a homicide.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
