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Chicago weekend shootings leave 3 dead, 10 others injured
There was sad news about guns in America over the weekend.
In the city of Chicago, there were many shootings.
Three people died and ten other people were hurt.
Two of the hurt people were in very serious condition, and one man was shot in the head.
Nobody has been arrested for these shootings yet.
Many people in Chicago have been hurt by guns over the past year.
There was also a shooting at a house in North Carolina.
Three family members died there, including the person who did the shooting, and another relative went to the hospital.
In Portland, Oregon, one person died and five people were hurt in another shooting.
Gun violence has been a problem in the United States for a very long time.
At least three people were killed and 10 others injured in multiple shootings in Chicago over the weekend.
CBS Chicago reported eight shootings by 8:22 a.m. Sunday, with nine people injured as of that count, including two in critical condition.
A 35-year-old man was shot in the head in the early hours of Saturday and was in critical condition.
No arrests were made in the Chicago shootings, and Chicago recorded 1,878 gun violence victims in the 12 months ending April 7, including 356 deaths.
The report also covered a Caswell County, North Carolina house shooting that killed three family members, including the suspected shooter, and a Portland, Oregon shooting that left one dead and five injured.
- Who
- Shooting victims and families in Chicago, Caswell County, North Carolina, and Portland, Oregon; responding agencies included Chicago police, the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, and Portland police.
- What
- A series of weekend shootings in Chicago left three dead and 10 injured, while separate shootings in North Carolina and Oregon added further casualties.
- Where
- Chicago; Caswell County, North Carolina; and the 5800 block of Northeast Alberta Street in Portland, Oregon.
- When
- Over the weekend, with eight shootings reported by 8:22 a.m. Sunday; the North Carolina shooting occurred Wednesday just before 8 a.m., and the Portland shooting on August 2 at 3:33 a.m.
- Why
- No motive was reported; the articles note the United States has been plagued by gun violence for decades, with hundreds of mass shootings reported each year.
Key facts
- Location
- Chicago; Caswell County, NC; Portland, OR
- Shootings by Sunday 8:22 a.m.
- 8 (per CBS Chicago)
- Chicago deaths
- 3
- Chicago injured
- 10 (CBS Chicago cited 9 as of Sunday morning)
- Critical condition
- 2 victims plus a 35-year-old man shot in the head
- Arrests
- None reported
- Chicago 12-month tally (ending April 7)
- 1,878 victims; 356 deaths
- Caswell County, NC shooting
- 3 family members dead, including suspected shooter; 1 hospitalized
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