At least 12 people were wounded after gunmen opened fire from an SUV into a crowd on a street in Chicago's South Side, police said.

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The shooting occurred late Friday when an SUV pulled up and two people inside began firing at a group gathered in the neighbourhood before driving away, according to police.

Two Victims in Critical Condition

Police said 12 people — eight men and four women aged between 17 and 47 — suffered gunshot wounds and were taken to four different hospitals for treatment.

Two male victims were listed in critical condition. One had been shot in the thigh. Authorities did not immediately release details on the other critically injured victim.

Another man sustained injuries of an unknown nature but declined medical treatment.

Initial Response

Officers were first dispatched following reports of a single shooting victim. Upon arrival, they found a woman with two gunshot wounds to her back and a man who had suffered four graze wounds to his back. Both were reported to be in fair condition.

Police have not announced any arrests, and detectives are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the attack.

Violence on Juneteenth

The shooting took place on Juneteenth, the US holiday commemorating the end of slavery.

Earlier in the day, former US President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama welcomed the first visitors to the Obama Presidential Center on Chicago's South Side.

Chicago police said at least 21 people had been shot across the city since Friday evening, with four fatalities recorded.

Local anti-violence advocate Donovan Price described the mass shooting as especially tragic given the significance of the holiday.

"It should be celebrating," he told CBS News. "Fireworks should not turn into gunshots."

Investigation Under Way

Authorities have not released information on a possible motive, and further details were not immediately available.

Detectives are continuing to gather evidence and seek information about the occupants of the SUV involved in the attack.

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Americans and guns !!

Americans and guns !!

Dem run cities and criminals, you mean.

I'd bet a month's wages that the shooters all have felony records that make it illegal to possess a gun, even if lefty judges turn them loose because they "had a tough childhood".

So the mass shooting happened during a Juneteenth celebration in the Princeton Park/Roseland area, a predominantly black neighbourhood.

Is it mere coincidence?

3 hours ago, MikeandDow said:

Americans and guns !!

Its their Second Amendment Right - the freedom to go nuts and shoot anyone when they feel angry and unhinged - don't take that away, people need to defend their families !....

11 hours ago, MikeandDow said:

Americans and guns !!

"Americans"

Live by the sword, die by the sword.

Let GOD sort it out, as nobody cares about trash taking out the trash.

8 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Live by the sword, die by the sword.

Let GOD sort it out, as nobody cares about trash taking out the trash.

Self loathing liberals do.

But only if they can blame it on white privilege, white fragility etc.

Lets hope no nice people were caught in the diversity crossfire.

Blacks killing Blacks. Their should be a difference in reporting gang violence and mass shootings. Mass shooting brings to mind that crazy white guy going postal. The media really doesn't like the headlines to read "Gang warfare among blacks"

17 hours ago, candide said:

So the mass shooting happened during a Juneteenth celebration in the Princeton Park/Roseland area, a predominantly black neighbourhood.

Is it mere coincidence?

That's a loaded question.

27 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

Blacks killing Blacks. Their should be a difference in reporting gang violence and mass shootings. Mass shooting brings to mind that crazy white guy going postal. The media really doesn't like the headlines to read "Gang warfare among blacks"

White lefties are 80% of the media.

4 hours ago, TedG said:

That's a loaded question.

That's sarcasm. 😃

5 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

Blacks killing Blacks. Their should be a difference in reporting gang violence and mass shootings. Mass shooting brings to mind that crazy white guy going postal. The media really doesn't like the headlines to read "Gang warfare among blacks"

MAGAs making stuff up, as usual! 😃

South side of Chicago has been a crime area for a very long time, much as all large cities are, especially certain areas. Roseland being one of them. It's where Bad Bad Leroy Brown comes from.

It could possibly be because of the new Barack Hussein Obama II Presidential library going up on the South Side of Chicago. Many people have complained that this building looks like a monolith from the movie "2001 Space Odyssey." If you remember at the beginning of the movie where the monolith appeared and the monkeys went crazy and started to beat and kill each other with bones. Some have said that the Obama monolith building has awakened the locals who are once again taking up and killing each other. Scary stuff.