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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Kade Heather

22 shot, but no weekend homicides, as thousands crowded downtown streets for Mexican Independence Day

Chicago police work the scene of an officer-involved shooting in the 7300 block of South Hoyne Avenue in Englewood on Sunday. | Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

The past weekend was one of Chicago’s least violent this year despite a heightened police focus on downtown as thousands paraded the city to celebrate Mexican Independence Day.

Zero homicides were reported over the weekend, while at least 22 people were wounded — four of them critically — in shootings between 5 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Monday, according to Chicago police.

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