President Barack Obama's visit to Chicago didn't stop another violent weekend.
At
least seven people were killed and 35 were injured since Friday night.
The youngest victim was a 16-year-old girl who died after she was shot
three times in the chest Saturday evening in the Englewood neighborhood.
Ten
people were shot overnight Friday, and in one hour Sunday morning,
three people were killed. The latest shooting happened just after
midnight Monday when a 19-year-old was shot to death on the city's North
Side.
The shootings mark the third weekend in a row with gunfire injuries totaling well into the double digits. Last weekend, 46 people were hurt and eight killed across Chicago. The previous weekend, 29 were injured and three were killed in shootings.
"None
of it is OK," Supt. Garry McCarthy told NBC Chicago last week. "And I
don't want it to seem like we're managing it, but the realistic
expectations have to be over the long-term."
This
weekend marked the beginning of an overtime incentive program to put
more police in neighborhoods where crime is highest. Fewer than 60
officers signed up for the program, though.
President Obama and his family arrived in Chicago Friday evening. They attended the wedding of senior White House adviser Valerie Jarrett's daughter, and the president spent Father's Day golfing with friends.
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