Shootings in Chicago, Newark and Dallas Leave Seven Dead Over Halloween

Shootings over Halloween weekend were reported in Chicago, Newark, Delaware, and Dallas. Chicago police said at least 13 people were shot and three killed; the fatal incidents included a 35-year-old man shot during an argument at a Mayfair home, a 29-year-old man killed in North Lawndale, and a 41-year-old man shot after an argument on the South Side. In Mayfair, a person of interest was taken into custody and police recovered a firearm. In North Lawndale, two armed suspects opened fire from a sidewalk on three people, killing one and injuring two. A separate Washington Park shooting critically wounded two teenagers, ages 15 and 19. Near the University of Delaware, six people were shot, while shootings in Dallas’s Deep Ellum neighborhood killed four and injured 15; investigators were examining whether three Dallas incidents were connected.