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 ...

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

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.