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At least seven people have lost their lives and 37 others have been injured in shootings throughout Chicago this Labor Day weekend. This tragic series of events coincides with the city’s mayor opposing President Donald Trump’s initiatives to address crime.
This weekend’s violence occurred in a variety of disconnected episodes across the city, with few arrests being made, according to police reports. President Trump has floated the idea of introducing the National Guard and additional federal agents to tackle crime in Chicago.
The fatalities reported include at least two women and three men, along with two other individuals whose identities remain undisclosed by police. Authorities have yet to release the names of the victims.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order on Saturday prohibiting local police from working with their federal counterparts.
“We will safeguard our Constitution, our city, and our citizens,” the mayor proclaimed. “We reject tanks on our streets. We refuse to have families torn apart. We oppose grandmothers being detained by unmarked vans. We stand against homeless Chicagoans being harassed or vanished by federal enforcement.”
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker spoke in Chicago, joined by Mayor Brandon Johnson and others, as talks were underway about the possibility of deploying National Guard troops to the area.
The White House dismissed Johnson’s order on Saturday, claiming that Democrats were attempting to make efforts to reduce crime a partisan issue.
“If these Democrats concentrated on resolving crime within their own jurisdictions rather than engaging in media spectacles to denounce the President, their neighborhoods would be markedly safer,” remarked White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson in a statement to Reuters.
Chicago police officers patrol downtown on Aug. 26, 2025. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Chicago has struggled with gun violence for decades. The city suffered another bloody weekend on July 4 this year, when 55 people were shot, six of whom were killed.
Over Memorial Day weekend at the end of May, 22 people were shot, two fatally, in the city.
According to city data, there have been 272 homicides in Chicago this year, including 225 fatal shootings.
