53 Shot, Seven Killed In Chicago In First August Weekend

August 6, 2019 Jeff Rainforth Crime 0

Dems won’t say anything about this, though. Doesn’t fit their narrative.

Via Daily Caller:

Several shootings, including two mass shootings, left seven people dead and 53 injured in Chicago over the weekend, according to ABC 7 Chicago.

More than a dozen people were injured, and one fatally injured, in two mass shootings in one police district Sunday, ABC reported.

The first mass shooting occurred around 1:20 a.m. when an unnamed suspect opened fire from a black Chevrolet Camaro in Douglas Park Sunday, according to Chicago CBS.

The injured include a 21-year-old man shot in the groin, a 25-year-old woman shot in the arm and leg, a 20-year-old man shot in the right side, a 19-year-old woman shot in the right leg, a 22-year-old woman with unknown injuries, a 21-year-old man shot in the left leg and a 23-year-old man shot in the chest and hand.

A group of unidentified shooters opened fire on people at a block party around 3:45 a.m. Sunday, killing 33-year-old Demetrius Flower and injuring eight others.

Flower’s father, Keith Flowers, said he was the second son he has lost to violence, according to CBS Chicago.

“Please stop. It’s killing our families. It’s destroying the fiber of our communities. We have to stop this senseless killing, because if we don’t, there’s nothing going to be left. There’s nothing going to be left,” Keith Flowers told reporters.

Injured include a 35-year-old man shot in the forehead, a 28-year-old man shot in the hip, a 27-year-old man shot in the foot, a 28-year-old man shot in the leg, a 14-year-old boy was shot in the thigh, a 21-year-old woman suffered a graze wound to the thumb and 19-year-old woman was shot in the head.

No suspects are in custody yet after both mass shootings.

Another 21-year-old man was shot twice and died of injuries after two men walked up to his parked car and started shooting Sunday, leaving one woman injured, ABC reported.

Also on Sunday around midnight, 19-year-old Joshua Smith was discovered with a gunshot wound to the back and later died in the hospital, and at 2:25 a.m., 23-year-old Johnny Parri was shot in his vehicle when an unnamed suspect opened fire.

On Saturday, 23-year-old Calvin Seay was fatally shot outside his home at 1:30 p.m. (RELATED: Liberals Blame Trump, Fox News Following Weekend Shootings)

At least two others were fatally injured and over 30 others were injured in separate incidents between Friday and Sunday.

Chicago‘s Mt. Sinai Hospital was forced to go on bypass for several hours after the shootings, and on Sunday night, 50 additional police officers were brought into the city’s 10th district.

Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot retweeted an Aug. 4 post from Anthony Guglielmi, chief communications officer for the Chicago Police Department, that reads, “A tragic 24 hrs for our country. Our thoughts & condolences are with everyone affected by this senseless gun violence.”

“In Chicago, we are investigating 2 multiple victim shootings in the Ogden District & there is no known connection to El Paso or Dayton,” the tweet continued.

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Jeff covers border news in the US and has traveled around the world documenting the border walls and counter-terrorism efforts of other countries. He runs the Rainforth Report on Substack. In 2022 Jeff embarked on a border crisis tour, documenting cartel trafficking of drugs and humans. The year before he was contracted to film on the border with Ben Bergquam of America's Voice News and also for Women Fighting for America. Jeff was the videographer for the March for Trump bus tour which crossed the country twice and ended on January 6th, 2021 in DC at the Capitol. He filmed the events that took place at the Capitol Building. Jeff was the videographer and news editor for We Build the Wall, the organization founded by triple-amputee vet hero Brian Kolfage. He was the sole photographer allowed to be on site to document the construction of the first ever privately built border wall. Jeff has worked on Kolfage's projects since 2015. Steve Bannon sent Jeff to embed with the Hong Kong protesters, covering their fight for freedom against the Chinese Communist Party, and regularly films inside of riots in Democrat-run cities in the United States. Bannon also sent Jeff to film for a documentary on border walls in mainland China as COVID was about to emerge from the country. Bannon and Kolfage then sent Jeff to film walls and counter-terrorism efforts in Thailand, Malaysia, Israel by the Gaza Strip, Hungary & Serbia, France, Spain, and north Africa. As of 2022 Jeff is an editor at Populist Press and other news sites. Jeff did a special 2nd Amendment project for Navy SEAL Rob O'Neill who killed Bin Laden, and he was the national rally organizer to free Marine Sgt. Tahmooressi from the Mexican prison. He is chairman emeritus of Ross Perot’s Reform Party of California, and a former candidate for governor. He wrote for former war correspondent & Breitbart contributor, Pat Dollard, and headed up his 30-person research team. Mr. Rainforth also wrote for the Wayne Dupree Show. Jeff is a two-time nominee for the prestigious Blog Bash Award for best activism for organizing the national movement to form a select committee on Benghazi, and for his role as the national rally organizer to free Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi from Mexican imprisonment. Jeff appears in Sgt. Tahmooressi's mother's book, "When Light Prevails."
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