Cops: 15 injured after shooting outside Chicago funeral home
By HERBERT G. McCANN Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — Police say 15 people have been injured in connection with a shooting outside a funeral home on Chicago’s South Side. First Deputy Eric Carter says mourners were fired upon from a passing vehicle. Carter says several targets of the shooting returned fire. The vehicle later crashed and the occupants fled in several directions. One person of interest was being questioned. Carter says all the victims were adults. The shooting comes as the Department of Homeland Security is planning to deploy dozens of federal agents to Chicago to deal with an uptick in violent crime in the city. Tuesday’s shooting follows a weekend that saw 63 people shot, 12 fatally.