{"id":4492,"date":"2026-06-22T00:56:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T00:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/2026\/06\/22\/at-least-seven-people-killed-in-chicago-shootings-as-trump-renews-military-call\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T00:56:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T00:56:40","slug":"at-least-seven-people-killed-in-chicago-shootings-as-trump-renews-military-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=4492","title":{"rendered":"At least seven people killed in Chicago shootings as Trump renews military call"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-gu-name=\"media\" class=\"dcr-1vsw7yz\">\n<div class=\"dcr-tr9ye5\">\n<figure id=\"753d710d-b2db-494b-a230-9832cb6ca7ef\" class=\"dcr-142siv7\">\n<div id=\"img-1\" class=\"dcr-1t8m8f2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police tape\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/75e76417c131cdf00ca865beaabf5227bda09885\/974_723_3589_2873\/master\/3589.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"372.2332125940373\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"dcr-evn1e9\"><span class=\"dcr-v822l1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-gup2gr\">\n<div class=\"dcr-fntg6k\"><label for=\"the-checkbox\" class=\"dcr-1xgwz8b\"><\/label> <\/p>\n<div id=\"the-caption\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1os51wo\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Reports said there were at least two dozen shootings in Chicago since 5pm on Friday.<\/span> Photograph: Johannes Eisele\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"#img-1\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-13fd1ms\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"753d710d-b2db-494b-a230-9832cb6ca7ef\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-4tmywn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-194i6pr\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-n4pnam\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1hdkqum\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Reports said there were at least two dozen shootings in Chicago since 5pm on Friday.<\/span> Photograph: Johannes Eisele\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"headline\" class=\"dcr-shrpec\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1jwoxwb\">\n<h1 class=\"dcr-1k1a1x\">At least seven people killed in Chicago shootings as Trump renews military call<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"standfirst\" class=\"dcr-m5tuef\">\n<div class=\"dcr-15in7js\">\n<p>Mayor says \u2018violence has no place in our city\u2019 as president criticizes governor for not accepting national guard troops <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"body\" class=\"dcr-l3z1yk\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1a4fred\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-ydnaza\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-6d4g12\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">At least seven people have been killed and dozens injured in several shootings in Chicago since Friday, police said, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Donald Trump<\/a> once again calling for military intervention in the midwestern city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In a post on Truth Social, Trump questioned why Illinois\u2019s governor, JB Pritzker, had not welcomed military deployment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cWhy isn\u2019t Governor Pritzker calling me for help. I could make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/chicago\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Chicago<\/a> a safe City in ONE MONTH, in ONE YEAR, it would be one of the safest!!!\u201d Trump wrote in a Sunday post. \u201cD.C. went from one of the worst, to one of the safest cities in the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In addition to Washington DC, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/trump-administration\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Trump administration<\/a> has deployed national guard troops in Democratic-led cities such as New Orleans and Memphis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Counter to Trump\u2019s post, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niskanencenter.org\/washington-dc-crime-decline-and-its-lessons-for-american-policing\/#the-national-guard-as-natural-experiment\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">a recent study<\/a> from the nonpartisan thinktank the Niskanen Center found that the national guard\u2019s presence has had minimal effect on violent crime in DC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Pritzker has repeatedly rejected Trump\u2019s proposal to federalize national guard members in the state, suing to block the Trump administration\u2019s deployment last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A representative of Pritzker did not respond to the Guardian\u2019s request for comment on Trump\u2019s latest remarks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">While Chicago police data shows a slight increase in shooting incidents compared to the first half of last year, violent crime rates have generally dropped in the city over the past few years, in parallel with national trends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Preliminary information shared by Chicago police indicate there have been at least two dozen shooting incidents since 5pm on Friday. At least 12 people in a crowd on a Chicago street suffered gunshot wounds on Friday evening after an SUV pulled up and two people inside started shooting, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The eight men and four women in the group ranged in age from 17 to 47. They were being treated at four hospitals. Police said another man suffered unknown injuries and refused medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Among those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/chicago-weekend-shootings-june-19-to-22\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">killed<\/a> in this weekend\u2019s shootings include a 33-year-old man, a 34-year-old man, and a 21-year old man, all in separate incidents. Officials have yet to publish the identities of most of the victims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">That shooting happened on Juneteenth, a holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the US. Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson condemned the shootings in a post to X on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cWhat should have been a night of celebration and community reflection for Juneteenth was shattered by a horrific act of violence,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cMy thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their loved ones\u2026.Violence has no place in our city, and those responsible will be held accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"16f97e1a-58aa-41f6-8bc0-3fa0e853d187\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-47fhrn\">\n<div data-print-layout=\"hide\" data-link-name=\"rich-link-13 | 13\" data-component=\"rich-link\" data-name=\"placeholder\" class=\"dcr-1kyw41h\">\n<div data-format-theme=\"5\" data-format-design=\"0\" data-format-display=\"0\" class=\"dcr-6029ps\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jun\/18\/obama-library-chicago-trump\" class=\"dcr-1m887w9\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-ut4tvs\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1h5b6rb\">\n<div class=\"dcr-169d7yv\">Star-studded opening for Obama library in Chicago delivers implied rebuke to Trump<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-eurq8n\">\n<div class=\"dcr-fkf7vq\">Read more<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Earlier on Friday, Barack Obama and Michelle Obama welcomed the first visitors to his presidential center on the South Side. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jun\/18\/obama-library-chicago-trump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">star-studded opening<\/a> included performances from musicians John Legend, Jennifer Hudson, Bruce Springsteen, and more. Joe Biden and George W Bush were also in attendance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/president-trump-did-not-get-an-invite-to-the-obama-presidential-center-grand-opening\/3950666\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">was not invited<\/a> to the center\u2019s opening, Obama Foundation CEO Valerie Jarrett said, noting that the opening was to host supporters of Obama and celebrate the work it took to bring the center into fruition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cWe have said that if President Trump would like to come and take a tour, we\u2019d love to show him this campus and show him all the magnificent things that we have to offer, both to the people who live here and the people who visit from around the world,\u201d said Jarrett to NBC News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><em>The Associated Press contributed reporting<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-print-layout=\"hide\" class=\"dcr-qxqnsy\"><span class=\"dcr-1rq3vad\">Explore more on these topics<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-1dzx48f\">\n<ul class=\"dcr-1xavc9x\">\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/chicago\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Chicago<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/illinois\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Illinois<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/trump-administration\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Trump administration<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/us-politics\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">US politics<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/tone\/news\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">news<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-nu129i\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=At%20least%20seven%20people%20killed%20in%20Chicago%20shootings%20as%20Trump%20renews%20military%20call&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jun\/21\/chicago-shootings-trump?CMP=share_btn_url\" class=\"dcr-125qj9d\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-zhx6xs\"><a data-link-name=\"meta-syndication-article\" href=\"https:\/\/syndication.theguardian.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fus-news%2F2026%2Fjun%2F21%2Fchicago-shootings-trump&amp;type=article&amp;internalpagecode=us-news\/2026\/jun\/21\/chicago-shootings-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"Reuse this content\" class=\"dcr-14rjinq\">Reuse this content<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"right-column\" class=\"dcr-1el9k3p\"><span class=\"dcr-1vetsv0\"><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports said there were at least two dozen shootings in Chicago since 5pm on Friday. 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