Twin brothers among 17 killed in deadliest weekend of year
Posted October 30, 2016 11:00 pm
Twin 17-year-old brothers were killed in a drive-by shooting early Sunday in Old Town - among 17 people shot and killed in Chicago between Friday evening and Monday morning.
It was the deadliest gun-violence weekend so far this year, according to homicide totals tracked by the Chicago Sun-Times. Besides those shot and killed, 41 other people were wounded in gun violence citywide.
The spike in violence over the weekend was on the mind of Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson when he addressed the media at Navy Pier Monday morning, after a graduation ceremony for the department's newest officers.
"It was a tough weekend," Johnson said.
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