--- description: Multiple shootings occurred in Chicago, a city plagued by high homicide rates, over the Independence Day weekend title: 9 Dead, 60 Injured in Chicago Holiday Shootings image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 14 Dead, Over 60 Injured in Spate of Chicago Shootings by [Mirren Gidda](/author/mirren-gidda/) ## Mirren Gidda Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 7, 2014 12:12 PM CUT by [Mirren Gidda](/author/mirren-gidda/) ## Mirren Gidda Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 7, 2014 12:12 PM CUT _Updated July 7, 12:50 p.m. E.T._ The holiday weekend turned bloody in Chicago after multiple shootings left 14 dead and 68 injured, the Chicago Tribune [reports](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-fourth-of-july-toll-82-shot-14-of-them-fatally-in-chicago-20140707,0,5439185.story "undefined"). The weekend of violence began the afternoon of July 3, when two women were shot sitting outside of a two-flat apartment on the west side of the city. The youngest fatality was 14-year-old [Pedros Rios](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-two-boys-14-and-16-among-five-people-shot-by-chicago-police-20140707,0,3602896.story "undefined"), killed by police on Friday night after he allegedly refused to drop his weapon. Gun violence continued throughout the long weekend, with at least a dozen injuries from guns occurring each night. Chicago has been trying to tackle gun violence since 2012, when it was the only U.S. city to report over 500 homicides. Through sending police to dangerous neighborhoods and working with community leaders, the number of homicides fell to 415 in 2013. Nevertheless this figure is still unusually high. New York City, which is three times the size of Chicago, reported just 350 murders in 2013\. This year, 1,129 people have been shot in Chicago. \[[_Chicago Tribune_](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-fourth-of-july-toll-82-shot-14-of-them-fatally-in-chicago-20140707,0,5439185.story "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2962288/chicago-july-4-shootings/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2962288/chicago-july-4-shootings/"},"headline":"14 Dead, Over 60 Injured in Spate of Chicago Shootings","datePublished":"2014-07-07T12:12:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:59:43.748Z","description":"Youngest fatality was 14 years old","url":"https://time.com/2962288/chicago-july-4-shootings/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mirren Gidda","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/mirren-gidda/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2962288/chicago-july-4-shootings/","name":"14 Dead, Over 60 Injured in Spate of Chicago Shootings"}}]}] ```