Eight killed and 50 wounded in Chicago over long weekend as Trump warns of federal deployment

Eight people were killed in dozens of shots in Chicago, where President Donald Trump seized the crime to justify a larger federal role on the streets of the city, and 50 people were injured during the weekend of the Labor Day.

Toll emphasizes Chicago’s persistent struggle with arms violence and creates a terrible reality: Summer vacation increases suddenly on weekends, especially in the southern and west sides. This time violence was more fatal than the last Labor Day, where seven people were killed and more than 20 injured.

Trump detonated the city and leaders in an article on Tuesday on a social media platform, and he misrepresented Chicago as “the worst and most dangerous city in the world”.
Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, both Democrats, Trump’s Columbia Region, which is not a reason to send national guards aiming at crime, migration and homelessness, he said.

“We have a crime on the streets,” Pritzker accepted last week. “Any person who is killed or injured is a victim of crime, we should deal with the difficulties. And we do it every day. But the way to do this is not units, but not with police officers.”

Between Friday night and on Monday night, according to the preliminary information of the police, 58 people were shot in 37 separate shots in the third largest city of the country. Most of the survivors were good or fair, but many of them were in serious or critical states, including a 17 -year -old child. In most cases, no suspicion was detained. On Saturday, Trump warned Pritzker that Chicago should quickly improve his crime problems in a social media post. “Or we are coming.” Separately, the Trump administration is expected to expand immigration operations in Chicago. The Secretary of the Department of Internal Security Kristi Noem confirmed plans for the existence of federal agents more.

Johnson signed an executive order at the weekend and announced that the Chicago police would not cooperate with military personnel on police patrols or civil immigration sanctions.

Mayor, adding that the Trump administration “did not come out of control”, the police will not be assigned to make traffic stops and checkpoints for the President, “he said.

In recent years, violent crimes in Chicago, the population has fallen 2.75 million, but some neighborhoods continue to be a permanent problem. According to the University of Chicago Crime Laboratory, some of the highest murder rates have 68 times more murders than those with the lowest rates.

According to the Rochester Institute of Technology, last year, the city reported 573 murders or 21 people per 100,000 people. Other cities had a higher ratio.

However, murders and shots fell in 2025 compared to the same period last year. Police said there were 278 murders until August.