Labor Day violence: Shootings sharply up as fewer Chicago police officers deployed on streets than last year
CHICAGO - Gun violence in Chicago over the Labor Day weekend rose sharply this year with at least 44 people shot, nine of them killed, as Chicago police deployed hundreds of fewer officers than last year.
The Grand Crossing and Englewood police districts on the South Side were hit with the most violence, each reporting seven people shot from Friday night to early Tuesday morning. In two of the shootings on the South Side, at least four people were wounded in each attack.
The youngest person killed was 15-year-old
