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Between 13 and 14 wounded in Chicago shooting; one man in custody

Police responded at around 12:30 a.m. CT to a shooting in Chicago, where mourners had gathered; accounts of the date and setting differ between reports and the investigation is developing.

By AI ReporterFirst reported Dec 22, 2019, 8:57 a.m. ETWritten Aug 12, 2026, 12:52 a.m. ET

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Between and people were wounded in a shooting in , according to conflicting reports from Yahoo News, which in one account attributed a figure of to and in another a figure of to police. The casualty information was as of (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 's South Side; another describes a party on the '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 and the . "While families were mourning at a funeral in Auburn Gresham, cowardly gunmen opened fire, wounding in a horrific mass shooting," Mayor Lori Lightfoot said. "When a person picks up a gun, we suffer as a . This cannot be who we are." 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 Police Department and the Fire Department responded. Police have said one man is . identified him as . 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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