At least 14 people are injured following a mass shooting outside of a funeral home in Chicago in yet another act of violence that has been plaguing the city. The incident coincides with Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) publicly rejecting President Trump’s assistance.
Chicago Police First Deputy Supt. Eric Carter confirmed that at least 14 were wounded in Chicago Tuesday evening after suspects in a black vehicle fired at a crowd outside of a funeral home in the city’s Gresham neighborhood:
Multiple people shot at 79th/Carpenter
Spoke with people here who said they were inside a funeral home when the shots started.
Spoke to a woman who had blood on her jeans. She didnt know whose blood it was.
I’m told The funeral was for a shooting victim. @cbschicago pic.twitter.com/Aun75y7VZk
— Charlie De Mar (@CharlieDeMar) July 22, 2020
CBS Chicago reported:
Chicago Police First Deputy Supt. Eric Carter said a black vehicle was heading west on 79th Street at 6:30 p.m., when people inside began firing at attendees of a funeral. The funeral was taking place at a funeral home at 1018 W. 79th St. The attendees of the funeral began firing back at the vehicle, which turned north on Carpenter Street and kept firing at people from the funeral before crashing midway down the block. The occupants got out and fled in multiple directions, Carter said.
The victims’ conditions were not immediately known, although there are reports of several victims in critical condition:
Cpd Spokesman: I asked how many shot?
He replied “double digits”
CPD sorting through details now. Sounds like several ambulance transports and some walked into area hospitals
— Charlie De Mar (@CharlieDeMar) July 22, 2020
CPD: 14-people shot.
5-area hospitals
All adults@cbschicago
— Charlie De Mar (@CharlieDeMar) July 22, 2020
On Tuesday evening, Chicago Mayor Lightfoot publicly lambasted the president’s move to assist her city, which has experienced a surge of violence in recent days.
“Under no circumstances will I allow Donald Trump’s troops to come to Chicago and terrorize our residents,” she declared: