Chicago endured another day of gun violence across the city on Monday with 25 people shot, three fatally, after a bloody weekend.
According to the Chicago Police Department, five of the shooting victims were injured in a single incident in the city’s North Lawndale neighborhood.
A group of people was on a street around 8:45 p.m. when another group of men got out of a vehicle and opened fire, hitting five people, according to reports of police incidents. The most recent fatal shooting of the day occurred around 8:45 p.m. when someone in a sedan approached and fired, police said.
A 25-year-old man was shot in the chest and died in a hospital. A 24-year-old woman suffered a gunshot wound and was included in good condition. In the first shooting of the day, a 26-year-old man was standing on a sidewalk when he was shot in the buttocks, police said.
The violence comes after a bloody weekend that saw 63 people shot and 12 killed. The previous weekend he saw 43 people shot.
In an effort to stop the violence, President Trump promised Monday to send federal forces to the city to quell the increase.
“New York and Chicago and Philadelphia and Detroit and Baltimore … we are not going to allow this to happen in our country,” Trump said in the Oval Office. “We will have more federal law enforcement. I can tell you that.
Trump has often singled out Chicago for its violent crime rate and continually blames local leaders for the increase. In response, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is developing plans to send 150 officers to the city to assist local police, according to reports.
Many Democratic mayors have rejected the entry of federal agents into their cities out of safety concerns for residents and possible uncontrolled authority.
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In two separate letters, one to Attorney General Bill Barr and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, and the other to top congressional legislators: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the mayors of Seattle, Portland, Oregon ; Kansas City, Mo .; Atlanta and Washington, DC, demanded that federal forces be withdrawn from their cities.
They cited the intensive use of force by some officers, their unidentifiable clothing, and expressed concern that their actions could further inflame violence, especially in Portland, where nighttime protests have been raging for weeks amid clashes between protesters and police.
