54 shot, 7 dead, in Chicago amid Trump’s threat to deploy National Guard
According to the police, at least 54 people were killed in Chicago on the weekend of the workers’ festival, including a driving attack that left seven victims wounded.
Violent holiday weekend came as President Donald Trump Renewed threats Illinois Gov. Federal agents and national guard troops on the objections of JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to Chicago.
On Saturday, Trump sent a warning to Pritzker in an article on the social media platform, referring to the latest crimes in Chicago, and Pritzker’s “We’re better or coming!”
Pritzker, a democrat, responded at a news conference a week ago. Trump threat before The president’s plan is “unprecedented and unjust and unjust. Illegal, contrary to the constitution, not American,” he said, “correcting Chicago”.
Nam Y. Huh/AP – Photo: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker speaks at a press conference at River Point Park in Chicago on August 25, 2025.
Johnson replied last week, in part, saying “serious concerns about any illegal speech of national guard troops on Chicago city” and called Trump’s “not coordinated, unpopular and non -called”. Johnson also said that distributing national guards in Chicago can “exacerbate tensions between inhabitants and law enforcement officers”.
On Saturday, Johnson signed an executive order called “Chicago Protection Initiative”. Announced at a news conference “The most comprehensive campaign of any city in the country to protect ourselves from the threats and actions of these out -of -control administration” and “the Ministry of Law leading to maintain all kinds of legal mechanism to keep this administration responsible for violating the rights of the Chicago”.
“We received reliable reports that our city had days, not weeks before we see a kind of militarized activity by our Federal government,” Johnson said. He said. “We take these threats seriously and find ourselves in a position to take a hard action to protect our people from federal extreme access.”
According to the online ABC News of Police Event reports, at least 32 different shootings occurred in Chicago between 22:32 on Monday.
The victims came through a bullet in front of the front window and hit a 17 -year -old daughter in his house, a 31 -year -old man who was shot in the leg after being caught in the cross -fire of armed men who fired each other from two vehicles and two people shot down and injured.
Trump was a mass attraction on Saturday after five hours after publishing a message on social media criticizing Pritzker’s crime in Chicago, the Bronzeville neighborhood on the south side of Chicago was a mass attraction that injured seven people.
“Fast, or we are coming!” Trump said In his article about Pritzker.
Chicago Tribune/TNS – Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an order of “Chicago Protection” on Saturday, August 30, 2025 in Chicago, in response to the possible local deployment of the Federal Military and other personnel in the Municipal Hall in the coming days.
According to the police, the shooting in Bronzeville took place on Saturday at South State Street at 23:10. When a vehicle driving and at least one person opened fire on the crowd, a group of people gathered in the area. Police said that all five men and two women ranging from 28 to 32 years of age were taken to hospitals with injuries that do not threaten life in their lower extremities. No suspicion was arrested.
The first of the seven murders that the police said that the long holiday weekend took place at 23:56 at the South Shore Apartment Complex on East Essex Street, where two women were shot.
According to a police incident report, a 25 -year -old woman was found in her stomach with two febrile weapons wounds and one who suffered from her leg. According to the authorities, he was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center. The victim’s name was not released immediately.
The second sacrifice, a 23 -year -old woman experienced fiery weapons wounds on both legs and is fair at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
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According to the police, the inspectors were meeting with a person who was interested in the murder of East Essex Street, but no arrest was announced.
According to the police, another place, one on Saturday at around 11 o’clock in the East Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago, two men were shot in a deadly way. According to a police incident report, the victims were standing outside on the North Sawyer Boulevard, and a armed person approached them and a armed vehicle came out and opened fire.
According to the police, a 29 -year -old man, whose name was not immediately released, was shot many times and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he died. The second sacrifice, a 32 -year -old man, was wounded on the right side and said he was in a stable state on Mount Sinai. No arrest was announced in the incident.
Again on Saturday, gunfire exploded in the Altgeld Gardens neighborhood. Around 19:46, a 43 -year -old woman was standing on the street when the five armed man approached him and opened fire according to the police by opening fire. Police said that the victim, whose name was not immediately released, was taken to the Christ hospital where he was pronounced that he had died.
WLS – Photo: Chicago Police Officers are investigating seven people in the Bronzeville neighborhood of the city on August 30, 2025.
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No arrest was announced in the Murder of Altgeld Garden.
According to the police, around 1:39 am on Sunday, a 46 -year -old man, whose name was not immediately released, was killed in a triple shot in the Pilsen neighborhood of the Lower West Side of Chicago. The police said that when the victims walked to them and opened fire, the West stopped on the 17th Street.
Police, the other two victims, a 41 -year -old male and a 43 -year -old man, suffered fiery weapons on his legs and said he was in good condition at Sinai Mountain Hospital.
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A 33 -year -old man was killed on Sunday, around 2:25 am on Sunday, in the West Inglewood district on the southwestern side of Chicago. According to the police, the victim entered a discussion with a man who hit him on his head in a housing. According to the police, the name of the victim was not immediately released at the scene was said to be dead. No arrest was announced.
When the police launched two murder investigations, violence continued on Sunday night.
Police said that a 26 -year -old woman was deadly shot in the Pullman neighborhood on Sunday, Sunday at around 19: 28 on Sunday after entering a verbal debate with another woman. According to the police, the name of the victim, whose name was not released, was shot on his chest and was taken to Chicago University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. No arrest was announced.
Again on Sunday night, the police said that the police discovered a man suffering from more than one hot creator in the Southwest Chicago’s Küçük village neighborhood. Police, S. Drake Boulevard said the victim died at the scene. No suspicion was detected.
Police said at least three additional shoots, including one who left five people, including a 17 -year -old child who was critical after more than one gun injury on Monday, on Monday.
According to a police incident report, the police were called to the Oakland neighborhood on the south side of the city for a major discomfort report on South Cottage Grove Boulevard immediately after 1 o’clock on Monday. According to the police, in the arrival, civil servants followed the gunshots until they found five shots victims and four thrown firearms. In addition to critical injured young people, the police said that the other four victims ranging from 26 to 36 years were taken to hospitals with non -life -threatening injuries.
One person was questioned in Oakland neighborhood, but no accusation was explained.
According to the police, around 11:20 on Monday, a 48 -year -old man was shot in the Western Elsdon neighborhood of Southeast Chicago. According to the police, the victim, who was critically in Sinai Mountain Hospital, was standing out of a residence when an armed approached him and opened fire several times. No arrest was announced.
The shooting series said that President Donald Trump was ready to order national guard troops to American cities in addition to the country’s capital last week, but wanted local authorities to ask for help.
Trump threatened Chicago to make the next city he would target after Washington said it was an emergency in Washington, DC. Federal control the police force of the city On August 11th.
Alex Brandon/AP – Photo: President Donald Trump is listening to South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at the Oval office of the White House in Washington on August 25, 2025.
According to official data published by the city, violence crimes in Chicago have significantly fell in the first half of the year. According to criminal statistics, the shooting decreased by 37% and the murders fell 32% compared to the first half of 2024, and the total crime of violence fell over 22%.
“Don’t come to Chicago, you don’t want here, nor here, Prit Pritzker said in response to Trump at a press conference last week. “Donald Trump wants to use the army to punish his opponents and to occupy a US city to gain political points.
ABC News Ahmadway contributed to this report.
