Despite a mass shooting just north of downtown Chicago Wednesday night, Mayor Brandon Johnson says he wants people to enjoy the city this holiday weekend.
The shooting outside Artis Restaurant and Lounge on Chicago Avenue left four people dead and 18 others wounded. Police said a vehicle pulled up near a crowd of people on the sidewalk, and gunfire erupted from the vehicle. The incident happened as a crowd was leaving a release party for a local music artist.
Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said detectives are working hard to solve the crime.
“We as a Chicago Police Department want to make sure that we bring justice to these families, but we also want to make sure that we take individuals who are this violent and this careless off the streets,” Snelling said.
Snelling said he could not confirm or deny that the incident might have involved retaliation after a shooting on the South Side days before.
“We are continuing to gather facts about this. I don’t ever want to stand up here and give you information that we can’t prove concretely. Right now, everybody is working across the districts, across bureaus, and we’re going to make sure we get to the bottom of this,” Snelling said.
