By the end of the day, ABC 7 noted that the overall number of shooting victims had reached at least 54, with a total of seven fatalities.
President Trump responded to the violence by vowing to “solve” Chicago’s crime problem as he did in D.C., writing:
The Chicago Sun-Times pointed out that 274 people have been killed in Chicago year-to-date, but the non-fatal violence in Chicago is raging as well.