Chicago, Indianapolis, Philadelphia mass shootings

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Four people were injured, three critically, in a mass shooting near the Cook County Courthouse early Saturday morning, Chicago police said.

Officers responded to a call about walk-in gunshot victims at Mt. Sinai Hospital around 1:45 a.m.

The victims were sitting in a parked vehicle near South California Avenue and West 27th Street in the Little Village neighborhood.

That's when a male drove a dark SUV past the group, and people inside fired shots, police said.

Three men, 32, 26 and 25, were shot in the body and are listed in critical condition at Mt. Sinai Hospital.

A fourth man, 33, was shot in the leg. He is listed in fair condition at the same hospital.

No one is in custody, and Area One detectives are investigating.

Two juveniles were killed and five other people were injured in a shooting in downtown Indianapolis early Saturday morning.

In a press conference, Chris Bailey — Chief of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department — confirmed that officers were working a separate disturbance at the intersection of Washington and Meridian Streets before the shooting happened. Officers first heard shots ring out in the area of East Washington and North Illinois Streets around 1:27 a.m.

Police were about a block of away from the intersection of Washington and Illinois Streets when they heard shots fired. Those officers ran to the area they heard the gunfire coming from soon after the shooting happened.

When police arrived at the shooting scene, they located six individuals with gunshot wounds. One of those victims — a 16-year-old male — was pronounced dead at the scene.

The other five individuals IMPD found at the intersection on Washington and Illinois Streets were transported to local hospitals. One of the five individuals transported from the scene by medics died at a local hospital. Per IMPD, the victim who died at the hospital was a 15-year-old male.

Soon after the shooting unfolded at Washington and Illinois Streets, a juvenile walked into Eskenazi Hospital with gunshot wounds. Police believe that juvenile was injured in the shooting at Washington and Illinois Streets, bringing the total number of people injured or killed during the incident to seven.

The mass shooting happened hours after people all across the city celebrated July 4th, with fireworks happening just blocks away in downtown Indy.

Officers recovered numerous firearms at the scene and detained multiple individuals for questioning. Investigators are still looking to see if the firearms collected and the people detained were involved in the incident.

Bailey called on parents and guardians to “step up” after officers made at least 20 arrests before the downtown shooting took place. Of the arrests made, officers found guns on two kids, one of those being an assault rifle, according to police.

“Hundreds of unsupervised kids down here,” Bailey said. “I don’t know how many times I have to say it. We are not your children’s keepers. You are! Parents and guardians have got to step up. A kid is dead tonight.”

Bailey said he will work with the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office to see if there is a way to hold parents accountable for their children’s actions.

“If I can convince the prosecutor to hold the parents accountable, I’m going to do that too” Bailey said. “There has to be more than what just are the police doing.”

During another press conference Saturday afternoon, Bailey characterized the behavior of some individuals in downtown Indianapolis Friday night and Saturday morning as “lawless.”

“I was down there last night,” Bailey said. “I took runs with our officers all night. And we have hundreds of officers out throughout the weekends who show up to ensure the safety of those enjoying our downtown. And I appreciate their willingness to protect our city, and they are equally as frustrated as all of us are right now. They ran toward danger, again. As others were fleeing the gunshots, our officers ran toward them. They are the best of us, and I’m proud of their courage and commitment.

Eight people were wounded in a mass shooting early Saturday morning at a South Philadelphia bar.

It happened around 3:50 a.m. outside the 7 Elements Restaurant Bar and Lounge on the 1100 block of South 11th Street.

Police say the gunfire erupted after a physical altercation on an exterior balcony.

All of the victims, including two 25-year-old women, a 27-year-old woman, a 28-year-old man, a 30-year-old man, a 42-year-old man and two 43-year-old men, are hospitalized in stable condition.

Police say two of the victims were security guards.

"I did hear popping, but I thought it was fireworks. Because it's 4th of July and I didn't what's going on so I didn't pay no attention," said Tom O'Hara who lives nearby.

"It's sad man, you don't want to see this around your neighborhood. I'm trying to go to work and see police cars lined up on bike lanes I'm like what happening," said Henry Zhang, who also lives in the neighborhood.

Investigators are now working to figure out exactly what was happening when the gunfire erupted.

This business should not be open that late, and upon arrival it was shut, and we had to ensure there were no other victims inside," said Inspector D.F. Pace.

It's not yet clear how many people opened fire.

Police say they recovered a number of shell casings from the second-floor bar, the stairway that leads to the street, and more shell casings in the parking lot below.

Investigators tell Action News there are more than a dozen surveillance cameras in the shopping plaza that captured the incident from multiple angles.

Police are also using videos posted to social media as part of their investigation.

Police are searching for three suspects in connection with the mass shooting in Philadelphia's Grays Ferry neighborhood that left three people dead and nine others injured early Monday morning.

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said the shooting occurred on the 1500 block of South 27th Street just before 1 a.m. Late Monday night, Philadelphia police released a video of three suspects on Ring surveillance who remain at large.

Police said nine victims were taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and three others were taken to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. One additional victim walked into the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania's Pavilion Campus. Bethel said at least eight of the victims were taken by police.

Bethel said among the injured shooting victims, two of them were juveniles and both are expected to survive.

Police said another victim went to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia but was not shot and only injured from falling to the ground while running away.

Bethel said officers had already responded to the same block late Saturday night into early Sunday. Police made arrests during that earlier incident and continued to monitor the area throughout the weekend. Officers then returned on Sunday after receiving reports of loud music. While responding to a separate incident nearby, officers heard gunfire and rushed back to the block.

Bethel said he believes there were around 40 individuals who may have been present at the time of the shooting. He added that there may have been an exchange of gunfire, and dozens of shell casings were recovered from the scene.

Police said one person was taken into custody with a weapon, though their role in the shooting is unclear.

The police commissioner said investigators believe a switch, which makes a gun automatic, was involved in the shooting. Nearly 140 pieces of ballistic evidence were found at the scene, Bethel said.

Bethel described the incident as part of a violent Fourth of July weekend in the city, which saw six homicides and numerous shootings.

"As you know, the July 4th holiday, both in Philadelphia and across this country, in particular in our urban centers, have been very challenging," Bethel said, "but we remain resolute in our work."

There's been 262 mass shootings in the US in 2025.

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