79 shot, 15 fatally, over Fourth of July weekend in Chicago

Fifteen people were killed and 64 others wounded in shootings across Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend.

Eleven of the weekend’s victims were minors, and two of the children died from their injuries.

A 14-year-old boy was among four people killed in a shooting that wounded four others Saturday night in Englewood on the South Side.

They were at a large gathering in the street about 11:35 p.m. in the 6100 block of South Carpenter Street when four males walked up and started shooting, according to Chicago police. The 14-year-old boy was hit in the back and pronounced dead at Comer Children’s Hospital.