Police work the scene where two people were shot on the Chicago Riverwalk near the Dearborn Street Bridge Sunday, June 11, 2017 in Chicago. At least six people were fatally shot and 37 others were wounded in Chicago over the weekend in attacks that included two rifle homicides in Back of the Yards, nine people shot in a single incident in Lawndale and double shootings on the Riverwalk and at 31st Street Beach. The violence, on the warmest weekend of the year, brought the number of homicides in Chicago this year to at least 275 -- nine fewer than last year but substantially higher than in other years going back to 2013, according to data kept by the Tribune. At least 1,520 people have been shot in the city this year, down 150 from the last year. But again, this year's tally is higher than at this time in 2015, 2014 and 2013. Last year was the most violent in Chicago in two decades. This past weekend included two fatal shootings by rifle fire within 24 hours of eac...
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