Shootings in two major Democrat-led cities marred Independence Day celebrations over the weekend, including an incident in which the gunman was reportedly targeting babies.
In Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Chicago, at least 20 people – including two police officers – were shot, three people were stabbed and at least four were killed. Victims ranged in age from 17 to 54.
In several cases, the victims were shot while they were simply walking down the street or sitting in their cars.
A police officer was also among those shot in Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani’s New York City over the weekend where, in Brooklyn, an 18 year-old was arrested Sunday after seven shots were fired into an unmarked police car. A detective was shot in the back, but survived because he was wearing a bullet-proof vest at the time.
In Coney Island, a mass shooting on Saturday, the 4th of July, left eight people wounded, including a 21 year-old woman who was hospitalized in critical condition.
Four children, ages 6 to 14, were among those shot – and a witness told The New York Post that the gunman “aimed for babies.”
“They just didn’t care,” Tiffany Williams, whose 21-year-old daughter was shot in the chest and left fighting for her life in a coma, told The Post.
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Chicago recorded 3 dead and 21 people shot, with homicides reportedly up 5% over the holiday weekend.
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