One Mass Shooting (UPDATE)

As of Sunday night, there was a single "mass shooting" in the tie-breaker category:

• At least seven people were shot during a large street gathering in the East Garfield Park neighborhood early Sunday morning, according to Chicago police. Multiple shooters are believed to be responsible for the shootings, which unfolded while CPD officers, including at least one commander and a deputy chief, were already on the scene because of the size of the crowd.

  The first victim, a 17-year-old girl, was shot and critically injured at about 1:25 a.m. in the 3800 block of West Maypole Avenue. She was standing outside when another female shot her in the chest, according to CPD.

  Officers reached her within moments. They applied a special dressing designed for chest wounds and carried her out of the crowd so an ambulance could reach her. She was transported to Stroger Hospital in critical condition. The shooter was described as a short, thin Black female with braids, wearing a white shirt, who was last seen running east on Maypole.

  Less than 10 minutes later, as officers were still assisting the first victim, multiple shooters opened fire on the same block, injuring six more people, according to CPD. Police found some victims at the scene while others transported themselves to hospitals.

Ah yes, the west side living down to its reputation....again. One-hundred toothpicks say it was over a boy.

HeyJackass.com will have the final stats up later today, so we'll update this post shortly. The totals are currently around 3 and 18, but that will depends on the overnight numbers. One "mass" shooting but we haven't heard of a fireworks fatality though. 

UPDATE: The final weekend total (per HeyJackass.com) is 6 dead, 20 wounded, which is considerably below the last decade's averages.

However, we set the hours slightly differently than HeyJackass.com did, so for gambling purposes our count reads as 5 dead, 18 wounded.

There's also a question about that Portage Park one where one report looks like a domestic, but the other reads like a suicide. We'll have to see how that plays out.