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In this Labor Day weekend, at least seven people were killed and 37 others were injured in shooting in Chicago, even the city’s mayor pledged to block efforts to deal with President Donald Trump’s crime.
Police say the shooting occurred in a series of unrelated incidents in Chicago later this week, resulting in no one taken into custody as a result of most examples. Trump has suggested that he may deploy National Guards and other federal law enforcement to counter crime in the city.
At the end of this week, the victims of deadly firing include at least two women and three men, as well as two other police. Authorities have not released the names of the deceased.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order on Saturday and stopped the local police from working with his federal counterparts.
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and President Donald Trump (Getty image)
Johnson said at a news conference with other city leaders, “This executive order clearly makes it clear that this President is not going to come to our police department and deput.”
The mayor’s order confirms that the Chicago police officers will continue to implement the state and local laws, but will not work on patrol, arrest, immigration enforcement or other law enforcement work with the National Guard or federal agents.
The mayor of Chicago called Trump’s National Guard Plan ‘most violation of our constitution’
“We will protect our constitution, we will protect our city, and we will protect our people,” he said. “We don’t want to see tanks on our streets. We do not want to see families separately. We do not want the grandmother to be thrown into the back of the van. We do not want to disturb the homeless Chicago or disappear by federal agents.”
Illinois village. JB Pritzkar considering the deployment of National Guard soldiers in the city after a report in Chicago with Mayor Brandon Johnson and other officials. (Kamil krzaczynski/AFP through Getty Image)
The White House on Saturday rejected Johnson’s order, claiming that Democrats were trying to reduce a biased issue to reduce the crime.
White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said in a statement to Reuters, “If these Democrats focus on fixing the crime in their cities instead of criticizing the President, their communities would be more secure,” the White House spokesman Abigail Jackson told the Reuters in a statement.
Chicago police officers patrol the city on 26 August 2025. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Chicago has been struggling with gun violence for decades. The city faced another bloody weekend on July 4 this year when 55 people were shot, of which six were killed.
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In the Memorial Day weekend in late May, 22 people were shot in the city, two badly.
As City data, There have been 272 murders in Chicago this year, including 225 deadly firing.
