Four dead and at least 23 wounded over New Year's weekend in Chicago, 2020 ends with 274 more homicides than in prior year

The new year arrived and of course the shootings continued. Over the long weekend four people were fatally shot and at least 23 others were wounded in Chicago. Of the deaths two were on the West Side with at one each on the Southwest and South Sides.

Of 2020 there were 769 homicides, a staggering increase of 274 from  2019.