Chicago weekend violence leave 8 murdered, over 60 shot, including paramedic grazed, officer struck by bullets
Fox News
Chicago’s weekend gun violence left at least eight people murdered, and at least 60 people shot, including a paramedic grazed by a bullets when someone opened fire into the window of a hospital, as well as a police officer struck in a leg while responding to a shots fired call.
From Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday before midnight, Chicago police recorded 46 shooting incidents, with at least 60 shooting victims. There were eight murders citywide during that time frame.
A Chicago Fire Department paramedic was grazed by a bullet in the bill of his baseball cap while working on a patient in the emergency room of Stroger Hospital at about 10:35 p.m. Saturday, the Chicago Sun Times reported. Police said someone inside a green Buick opened fire toward the hospital, shattering a glass window in what turned into a chaotic scene. It was unknown what prompted the shooting.