Shootings in Chicago and Trenton Kill 3, Wound 18 Overnight
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Updated · abcnews.com · Aug 30
Shootings in Chicago and Trenton Kill 3, Wound 18 Overnight
3 articles · Updated · abcnews.com · Aug 30
Summary
Chicago police said a shooting at Washington Park around 11:37 p.m. Saturday killed a 35-year-old man and wounded nine others as officers tried to disperse a large gathering.
Police said more than one gunman may have opened fire in the South Side attack; no officers were hurt, no arrests were announced, and investigators have not identified a motive.
Trenton police reported a second mass shooting about 12:25 a.m. Sunday on Locust Street that killed two people and injured nine in the Greenwood & Hamilton neighborhood.
Both shootings remained under investigation Sunday, with witnesses in Chicago describing panic at a crowded picnic and New Jersey authorities turning the Trenton case over to the Mercer County Prosecutor's Homicide Task Force.