Chicago shootings leave seven dead over weekend

Chicago police reported two dozen shooting incidents over a three-day period ending Sunday, leaving seven people dead and 38 injured. A drive-by shooting on Friday night in the Princeton Park neighborhood on the city's South Side wounded 12 people. A 29-year-old man was killed in a separate drive-by shooting the same night, while a 70-year-old man nearby was wounded in the leg.

Additional incidents A 14-year-old boy was shot multiple times on Thursday and later died. The Midwest Hawks youth football team issued a statement mourning the loss of the boy, who was a team member. Shootings continued through Saturday and Sunday, adding to the total of deaths and injuries.

Federal assistance discussion President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he could make Chicago one of the safest cities within a month if the governor requested federal help. The president noted prior federal intervention in Washington, D.C., and deployments to other cities.

The governor has previously declined offers of National Guard and federal assistance, stating last year that the president was neither wanted nor needed in Chicago. A deployment of several hundred federal troops to the Chicago area late last year remained tied up in court and was later demobilized.