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The funeral house was targeted by the occupants of a passing automobile.
At least 14 people have been shot outside a funeral house in Chicago – among the worst mass shootings in a city currently coming to grips with increasing violence.
Mourners were shot at by the occupants of a passing automobile as they left the house in Gresham, on Chicago’s South Side, on Tuesday evening, authorities said.
The injuries were reported to range from major to crucial.
The shooting comes in the middle of reports that federal agents are to be deployed to the city to help tackle increasing criminal offense.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she had been guaranteed that the agents would work “collaboratively” with Chicago’s police, local media report. She had actually previously threatened to sue United States President Donald Trump if he sent in troops without her approval.
The president has actually sent out federal representatives to Portland, Oregon, and threatened to do the same with other major United States cities, blaming their Democrat leaders for enabling protests over the death of George Floyd to come down into violence.
Responding to the shooting at the funeral home in a series of tweets, Ms Lightfoot urged anybody with information associating with the incident to “please come forward or send a suggestion anonymo