Chicago records least deadly Memorial Day weekend in over 15 years
by Matt Delaney · The Washington TimesChicago police reported only one shooting death over the weekend, making it one of the least deadly Memorial Day weekends there since 2010.
Authorities said the lone death involved 2-year-old Jamonte Shaw, who got hold of a gun and fatally shot himself on Sunday.
Officers took a 31-year-old man in connection to the boy’s death but did not divulge possible charges for the suspect.
Police said 26 people were shot throughout the city over the weekend — slightly up from the 25 people wounded in shootings last Memorial Day — but four people were killed during 2025’s holiday.
City data shows killings have trended up 3% this year, but are down almost 20% from 2024 and declined 30% from 2023.
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