100 Shot During Chicago's Bloody 4th Of July Holiday

CHICAGO, IL — At least 100 people were shot — more than a dozen of them fatally — during a bloody Fourth of July holiday between Friday afternoon and early Wednesday, according to reports. Although most of the four-day weekend was quiet, the majority of the gun violence happened during a half-day period from Tuesday afternoon until Wednesday morning.

In that 12-hour time frame between 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 4, and 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 5, at least 41 people were shot, according to the Chicago Tribune. That total outpaced the rest of the holiday weekend by a wide margin. On Friday night, 19 people were shot, while 23 were shot Saturday, the report stated. Only 17 people were shooting victims Sunday through Monday, the report added. (Get Patch real-time email alerts for the latest news for Chicago — or your neighborhood. And iPhone users: Check out Patch's new app.)

Overall, the Tribune reports 101 people shot, 15 fatally, over the Independence Day holiday, while the Chicago Sun-Times reports 100 people, 14 fatally, during the same period. Most of the shootings happened on the South and West sides.

WATCH: Chicago's four-day Fourth of July weekend was one of the bloodiest for the city.

During last year's three-day Fourth of July weekend, 66 people were shot, four fatally, according to the Sun-Times. In fact, the total of those killed by gunfire over the 2016 holiday was the lowest in eight years, the report added. The last four-day Fourth of July weekend was in 2013, and 74 people were shot, 12 fatally, in that span, the Tribune reports.

More via the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times

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