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 ...

The vigil for Taylor Walker was held the evening after the mass shooting in the city’s River North neighborhood. Walker, 26, ...

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 ...

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

Four people were killed and 14 others wounded in a "deplorable and cowardly" mass shooting in Chicago on Wednesday night, ...

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 ...

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

Police are still looking for multiple shooters after a mass shooting in Chicago's River North neighborhood left four people ...