Chicago police name man in custody over shooting that wounded 13 to 14
A Chicago police spokesman identified the man held after gunfire struck a gathering of mourners on the city's South Side.
2 reports on this incident · first at Aug 12, 2026, 12:52 a.m. ET
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Aug 12, 2026, 12:52 a.m. ETFirst report
Between 13 and 14 wounded in Chicago shooting; one man in custody
Between 13 and 14 people were wounded in a shooting in Chicago, according to conflicting reports from Yahoo News, which in one account attributed a figure of 14 to authorities and in another a figure of 13 to police. The casualty information was as of Sunday, hours after police responded at around 12:30 a.m. CT (0630 GMT), according to a police statement cited in that reporting. The figures may be revised as the investigation develops.
The people who were shot had gathered to mourn, though accounts of the occasion differ. One Yahoo News report describes mourners gathered at a funeral at a funeral home in the Auburn Gresham area of Chicago's South Side; another describes a party on the city's south side given in memorial of a person slain in April, intended to honor the victim of an earlier shooting. The date is also in conflict in the reporting available, given as either 21 July 2020 or 22 December 2019, and has not been established here. Officials' own descriptions of the location likewise vary between the specific venue and the city.
"While families were mourning at a funeral in Auburn Gresham, cowardly gunmen opened fire, wounding 14 in a horrific mass shooting," Mayor Lori Lightfoot said. "When a person picks up a gun, we suffer as a city. This cannot be who we are."
Chicago Police Chief of Patrol Fred Waller said: "This party was given in the memorial of a subject that was slain in April," adding, "We're still developing details as far as that goes." The Chicago Police Department and the Chicago Fire Department responded.
Police have said one man is in custody. Chicago police spokesman Anthony Spicuzza identified him as Marciano White, 37. Officials have not released the identities of those who were wounded, and police have not said what led to the shooting.
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