In Chicago, two unidentified men opened fire from rifles at a funeral ceremony held in the Brighton Park area, reports ABC News. Two people were killed, eight more were wounded and taken to the hospital, nothing is known about their condition. The victims gathered in the evening of May 7 to honor the memory of a man killed during gang warfare in the morning of the same day. The Chicago police assume that shooting could become revenge for the murder of some other member of the criminal group. January 27, 2017, US President Donald Trump promised to deal with the criminal situation in Chicago, because the situation, in his view, out of control.

He threatened that he would send federal representatives to the city if the local authorities could not cope with the rampant crime themselves. The criminal situation in Chicago in recent years is deteriorating. According to CNN, in 2016 in the city there were 762 murders - the highest figure for 19 years. At the same time, there were registered 3,500 incidents related to shooting, in which 4,3 thousand people were injured. In 2015, in Chicago, the victims of bandit groups were 480 residents.

Original article: Unknown in Chicago fired at participants in a mourning ceremony.