The July Fourth weekend gave Chicagoans some reason for encouragement on violent crime. And some reason for despair.

A week after shocking mass shooting outside River North lounge, links to city’s worst gang feud have surfaced again.

Fourteen people were injured and four were killed in a drive-by shooting outside a lounge in Chicago's River North ...

It happened outside a restaurant as people were leaving an album release party for Chicago rapper Mello Buckzz. Another mass ...

Sharonda Booth sobs during a balloon release and vigil for her daughter Taylor Walker outside Chicago Vocational High School ...

Gunfire erupted around 11 p.m. Wednesday following a private event at Artis Restaurant and Lounge, in Chicago's River North ...

The drive-by shooting apparently happened as people left Artis Lounge nightclub following an album release party for rapper ...

It was a jarring act of violence that again put Chicago in an unwanted spotlight and left River North on edge. A drive-by shooting into a crowd of people waiting outside a lounge on Chicago Avenue ...

The father of local rapper Mellow Buckzz, who held an album release party before a deadly mass shooting occurred in River ...

An album release party at a busy nightclub in River North Wednesday turned deadly after a drive-by shooting left four people ...

On the heels of a wave of recent violence, including a mass shooting in the River North neighborhood last week, a temporary emergency assistance center was opened to offer support services for ...

Four people were killed and 14 others wounded in a mass shooting late Wednesday night in Chicago’s River North neighborhood.