At least 18 people were injured, four fatally, in a mass shooting outside of Chicago rapper Mello Buckzz’ mixtape release party in the city’s River North neighborhood.
Near 11 p.m., a drive-by shooting was carried out by multiple armed individuals, firing into a crowd of people standing outside.
According to CBS-Chicago, two men and two women were killed. The men were 24 and 25 years old. All the victims were between the ages of 21 and 32.
Mello Buckzz offered a statement online: “Prayers up for all my sisters. She went to say it feels like everything is weighing down on me, and all I can do is talk to god and pray.”