'We need help,' says Chicago mayor after mass shooting leaves 4 dead, 4 injured
A mass shooting in Chicago, Illinois has left four people dead and four others injured, police authorities say.
The incident in the city's Englewood neighborhood on Tuesday marked the second mass shooting in Chicago in four days, according to police.
Gunfire erupted early in the morning following a disturbance at a home where several people were gathering inside, police said.
Four victims, including three women, were pronounced dead at the scene while four others were taken to hospital with serious injuries.
A 25-year-old man and a 41-year-old man were both shot in the back of the head, police told WLS, noting a woman and a 23-year-old man, who was shot in the back, were also in critical condition.
The motive behind the shooting is under investigation, police said, adding no arrests have been made.
Mayor says 'illegal guns continue to plague us'
Meanwhile, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said illegal guns continue to “plague us,” pleading for help from the federal government.
"We must acknowledge this for what it is -- a tragedy that has ripped apart families and inflicted intense trauma on several individuals," Lightfoot said at a news conference on Tuesday. "It tells us that we still have much work to do."
"What we will likely learn as the details become clearer is that illegal guns continue to plague us," Lightfoot added.
She called Chicago “part of a club of cities for which no one wants to belong, cities with mass shootings."
"Cities individually cannot tackle this problem. We just cannot. In Chicago, we've done absolutely everything possible and we need help from the federal government," Lightfoot said.
The latest incident follows a similar mass shooting in Chicago on Saturday that left a woman dead and nine adults injured.
Gun violence claims the lives of nearly 40,000 people each year across the US.
In May, President Joe Biden called on Congress to implement measures to “end this epidemic of gun violence” in the country.
During his presidential campaign, Biden pledged to reinstate an assault weapons ban, create a voluntary gun buyback program and send a bill to Congress to repeal liability protections for gun manufacturers and close background check loopholes on his first day in office.
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