A 14-year-old boy was among eight people killed over the long holiday weekend that saw nearly 40 others wounded, including 14 people shot during a Juneteenth celebration on the Far South Side.
Marcus Chatman, 14, was shot multiple times around 11:30 p.m. Thursday in the 8000 block of South Carpenter Street in Auburn Gresham, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.
Marcus played for the Midwest Hawks youth football team in Country Club Hills.
“Though his life was taken far too soon, his memory will forever remain a part of the Midwest Hawks family,” the team said in a statement.
A mass shooting in Roseland happened Friday about 11:10 p.m. in the 200 block of West 95th Street as a large crowd gathered for the holiday. A red SUV drove by and two people inside opened fire, hitting the 14 victims, whose ages ranged from 17 to 47.
That shooting caught the attention of President Donald Trump, who posted on social media: “Lots of Killing going on in Chicago. 22 people shot, at least 4 Dead. Why isn’t Governor Pritzker calling me for help.”
Seven others killed from Thursday 5 p.m. until Monday at 5 a.m., according to officials. They include:
- Christopher A. Lakes, 34, shot in Austin;
- Aniyhas S. Jackson, 18, shot in Austin;
- Craig Wright, 21, shot in Englewood;
- a 37-year-old man shot in the 500 block of East 38th Street in Bronzeville;
- a 33-year-old man shot in the 3000 block of West 30th Street in Little Village;
- a 29-year-old man shot in the 11900 block of South Michigan Avenue in West Pullman;
- a 32-year-old man shot in the 600 block of East 92nd Street in Chatham.
Other shootings wounded nearly 20 others in neighborhoods on the South and West Sides, according to Chicago police.