Chicago party bus shooting wounds 8 amid rising gun violence

It comes amid efforts to curb the rise gun violence in and around the United States, including new gun-dealing strike forces in Chicago and four other cities.

Police said that after the shooting on the bus, one man was hospitalized in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the chest, while the other injured men and women were in good condition. quite or severe.

No arrests were reported and police did not immediately say what could have led to the shooting.

Earlier in the night, a drive-in shooting in the city’s Near West left two men dead. The men were standing outside in West Town when someone in a passing SUV shot them. No one was immediately arrested.

Ten others were shot, one dead, in two mass shootings within blocks and minutes of each other on Wednesday night in North Lawndale on the west side of Chicago, police said.

A 14-year-old boy has died after being shot in the head in a shooting that left four other teenagers injured, including a 16-year-old in critical condition, police said. know.

The second shooting occurred at the same time, injuring five people, including an 18-year-old man in critical condition and a 14-year-old boy in good condition.

Chicago Deputy Sheriff Ernest Cato visited the site of the second shooting and pleaded for the public’s help in investigating the attacks.

“We’re going to need a hands-on approach, and that approach will involve … our community getting involved and saying what’s going on,” he said.

“Our community, people with cell phone pictures, people with Facebook information. We will need your help. ”

In Monday, Chicago Police Department announced a new team of officers, prosecutors and federal agents that will target the gun trade as part of an effort to combat violence. It followed another bloody weekend that ended in more than 60 people being shot, including 10 deaths.