The Daily Populous Thursday July 3rd, 2025 evening edition
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Two men and two women were killed, all in their 20s, police said.

Chicago Fire Department cleans up the crime scene where numerous people were shot at Artis Restaurant and Lounge in the River North neighborhood during an album release party for rapper Mello Buckzz in Chicago, July 3, 2025.

Four people were killed and 14 others wounded in a "deplorable and cowardly" mass shooting in Chicago on Wednesday night, according to the police superintendent.

Around 11 p.m., people were were exiting a venue in the River North neighborhood and standing on the sidewalk when a vehicle pulled up and someone in the car opened fire on the crowd, Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said at a news conference.

"They didn't care who was struck, and in a matter of seconds, they were able to shoot 18 people," Snelling said.

The venue was targeted, but it's not clear who specifically was the target, police said.

Chicago Fire Department cleans up the crime scene where numerous people were shot at Artis Restaurant and Lounge in the River North neighborhood during an album release party for rapper Mello Buckzz in Chicago, July 3, 2025. Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images

The vehicle fled the scene immediately and no one has been taken into custody, police said. Two different calibers of shell casings were recovered, police said.

Two men and two women were killed, all in their 20s, according to police.

Fourteen others were wounded, including several who were hospitalized in critical condition, according to police. The injured victims are all in their 20s and 30s and 11 of the 14 people hurt are women, police said.

"When I arrived last night it was absolute chaos," Pastor Donovan Price, who works to help victims of violence, told reporters. "From people screaming, to blood on the streets, to people laying on the streets, a massive police presence. Just horrific. More than I’ve ever seen."

The hospitals were "almost as chaotic" as the crime scene as people searched for their loved ones, Price said.

"It can happen anywhere," he warned. "It's devastating."

A second mass shooting also erupted on Chicago’s far South Side on Wednesday night, leaving four people hospitalized, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said.

"We are frustrated, but we are also grieving," Johnson said, adding, "We will not rest until there is full accountability."

Despite the shootings, murders were down 32% year-to-date in the city as of June 29 and shooting incidents were down 39%, according to Chicago's crime data.

K1NGEDDY423 on July 3rd, 2025 at 15:25 UTC »

There is a rapper named "Big Opp" from a gang called no limit. He was mocking the death of another individual the night before and constantly mocked them on social media. So id imagine it is some kind of retaliation for that. He constantly mocks the deaths of others. So I guess they came for them. Sad, he just signed a record deal also. He is most likely responsible for this.

LorderNile on July 3rd, 2025 at 13:34 UTC »

My sister called me at midnight at from California, she got an emergency notice from her phone about this. I looked it up immediately, stayed up for an hour, and went back to bed cus I didn't find shit. I live on the border of central and south loop.

Why do I feel like google is intentionally getting worse

CupidStunt13 on July 3rd, 2025 at 13:14 UTC »

They fired into a crowd standing around outside a building. The thumbnail is of the fire department hosing the sidewalk down—just brutal.