Thirteen people were wounded, including a 16-year-old boy, when gunfire broke out early Sunday at a memorial party in Chicago for a man who was shot to death earlier this year, police said.
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Chicago Police Department officers work the scene where a shooting took place on Dec. 2, 2019, in Chicago leaving thirteen wounded included a 16-year old child. Investigators were combing over three different shooting scenes, one inside and two outside the house in the Englewood neighborhood, according to Waller.Many of those attending the party were women and young people, some who had come from out of state, Lightfoot said.
Two"persons of interest" were detained for questioning, including a man who was armed with a revolver and another who was among the people shot, according to Waller, adding that the wounded man being questioned is possibly the person who initially provoked the dispute. Waller said no arrests have been made and Lightfoot suggested that potential witnesses were not cooperating due to fear of retaliation.
Chicago Police Chief of Patrol Fred Waller speaks during a presser on the shooting that took place on Dec. 2, 2019, in Chicago leaving thirteen wounded included a 16-year old child.Lightfoot said the police department is boosting patrols in troubled neighborhoods of the city due to escalating gun violence over the weekend.
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