Memorial Day weekend shootings leave 10 dead in Chicago

Shootings in Chicago left 10 people dead and 39 others wounded in the city's deadliest Memorial Day weekend since 2015.

The shootings happened despite a statewide stay-at-home order aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus.

Chicago police increased patrols in anticipation of a spike in violence, as typically occurs over the Memorial Day, July 4 and Labor Day weekends.

According to data maintained by the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times, there were three more homicides than recorded in either of the Memorial Day holiday weekends of 2018 and 2019.

Twelve people died over the same holiday weekend in 2015.

The figures include shootings that occur from Friday afternoon to early Tuesday morning of the holiday weekend.

Police Superintendent David Brown was scheduled to talk on Tuesday morning about the weekend enforcement efforts, which included breaking up large gatherings that are prohibited under Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker's stay-at-home order.

The Chicago Police Department said two officers suffered minor injuries while trying to disperse one large gathering Sunday night.

The youngest known victim was a 16-year-old boy who was shot and killed in the South Side's Washington Park neighbourhood on Saturday.