People flee scene of a gang-related mass shooting in Chicago

People flee scene of a gang-related mass shooting in Chicago

Shocking footage shows mourners running for their lives as a funeral turned into a mass shooting in Chicago on Tuesday [July 21] evening. The people were attending a funeral for a victim of another drive-by shooting in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood when a car pulled up and somebody opened fire. The mourners can be seen fleeing in all directions as they search for cover while the sound of machine gun fire rattles off nearby. A police vehicle can also be seen driving in the opposite direction of the shooting with its lights on, presumably circling the block to wait for backup.  Fifteen people were injured in the drive-by shooting. "It's a very tough neighborhood," said a local businessman, who captured the footage and asked to remain anonymous."There are shootings here every night.

There was a murder a week ago where a suspect went down my back alley. "I talked to a detective and he told me tons of shootings happen around 79th street."This was gang related," he added."They were burying a gang member and this was a retaliation." "When you look at the video, there's maybe 60 rounds that you hear and then it feels like forever goes by."Then you hear additional shooting - that additional shooting was the mourners returning fire."Gun violence in Chicago and other major cities across the US has surged in the past few months with mass protests against police violence, the loosening of COVID-19 related lockdowns and the summer, when crime annually increases. 

Shocking footage shows mourners running for their lives as a funeral turned into a mass shooting in Chicago on Tuesday [July 21] evening.

The people were attending a funeral for a victim of another drive-by shooting in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood when a car pulled up and somebody opened fire.

The mourners can be seen fleeing in all directions as they search for cover while the sound of machine gun fire rattles off nearby.

A police vehicle can also be seen driving in the opposite direction of the shooting with its lights on, presumably circling the block to wait for backup.

Fifteen people were injured in the drive-by shooting.

"It's a very tough neighborhood," said a local businessman, who captured the footage and asked to remain anonymous."There are shootings here every night.

There was a murder a week ago where a suspect went down my back alley.

"I talked to a detective and he told me tons of shootings happen around 79th street."This was gang related," he added."They were burying a gang member and this was a retaliation." "When you look at the video, there's maybe 60 rounds that you hear and then it feels like forever goes by."Then you hear additional shooting - that additional shooting was the mourners returning fire."Gun violence in Chicago and other major cities across the US has surged in the past few months with mass protests against police violence, the loosening of COVID-19 related lockdowns and the summer, when crime annually increases.