据警察局局长称，周三晚上，芝加哥发生了一起“可悲和懦弱”的大规模枪击事件，造成4人死亡，14人受伤。
芝加哥警司拉里·斯内林(Larry Snelling)在新闻发布会上说，晚上11点左右，人们正离开River North社区的一个场地，站在人行道上，这时一辆车停下来，车上的一个人向人群开枪。
“他们不在乎谁被击中，在几秒钟内，他们就能射杀18人，”斯内林说。
警方称，该场所是目标，但尚不清楚具体是谁成为目标。
警方说，车辆立即逃离现场，没有人被拘留。警方称，找到了两种不同口径的弹壳。
据警方称，两名男子和两名女子被杀，他们都是20多岁。根据库克县法医办公室的说法，这两名男子被确认为25岁的利昂·安德鲁·亨利和23岁的德文特·特雷尔·威廉森。
据警方称，另有14人受伤，其中几名伤势严重，正在住院治疗。警方说，受伤的受害者都是20多岁和30多岁，14名受伤者中有11名是女性。
致力于帮助暴力受害者的多诺万·普莱斯牧师告诉记者:“昨晚我到达时，那里一片混乱。”。“从人们的尖叫，到街道上的鲜血，再到躺在街道上的人们，大量的警察出现了。太可怕了。比我见过的都多。”
普莱斯说，当人们寻找他们的亲人时，医院“几乎和犯罪现场一样混乱”。
“这可能发生在任何地方，”他警告说。“真是毁灭性的。”
芝加哥市长布兰登·约翰逊说，周三晚上，芝加哥最南端也爆发了第二起大规模枪击事件，导致四人住院。
“我们很沮丧，但我们也很悲伤，”约翰逊说，并补充说，“我们不会休息，直到有完全的责任。”
尽管发生了枪击事件，但截至6月29日，该市今年以来的谋杀案下降了32%，枪击事件下降了39%。根据芝加哥的犯罪数据.
4 killed, 14 hurt in Chicago mass shooting: 'Absolute chaos'
Four people were killed and 14 others wounded in a "deplorable and cowardly" mass shooting in Chicago on Wednesday night, according to the police superintendent.
Around 11 p.m., people were exiting a venue in the River North neighborhood and standing on the sidewalk when a vehicle pulled up and someone in the car opened fire on the crowd, Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said at a news conference.
"They didn't care who was struck, and in a matter of seconds, they were able to shoot 18 people," Snelling said.
The venue was targeted, but it's not clear who specifically was the target, police said.
The vehicle fled the scene immediately and no one has been taken into custody, police said. Two different calibers of shell casings were recovered, police said.
Two men and two women were killed, all in their 20s, according to police. The two men were identified as Leon Andrew Henry, 25, and Devonte Terrell Williamson, 23, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.
Fourteen others were wounded, including several who were hospitalized in critical condition, according to police. The injured victims are all in their 20s and 30s, and 11 of the 14 people hurt are women, police said.
"When I arrived last night it was absolute chaos," Pastor Donovan Price, who works to help victims of violence, told reporters. "From people screaming, to blood on the streets, to people laying on the streets, a massive police presence. Just horrific. More than I’ve ever seen."
The hospitals were "almost as chaotic" as the crime scene as people searched for their loved ones, Price said.
"It can happen anywhere," he warned. "It's devastating."
A second mass shooting also erupted on Chicago’s far South Side on Wednesday night, leaving four people hospitalized, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said.
"We are frustrated, but we are also grieving," Johnson said, adding, "We will not rest until there is full accountability."
Despite the shootings, murders were down 32% year-to-date in the city as of June 29 and shooting incidents were down 39%,according to Chicago's crime data.
