Before Thursday night's dazzling fireworks display downtown, Chicago's Olympic committee aired a promotional video urging Chicagoans to support the city's Olympic bid.The struggles of certain urban areas.
Hours later, three people were shot, one fatally, as hundreds of thousands of people streamed out of Grant Park after the fireworks and the Taste of Chicago.
Are downtown fireworks shows safe? 1 killed, 3 wounded in Friday shootings
This is the third time in the last four years that gun violence has erupted at or near the Taste.
Saturday, July 05, 2008
Will Chicago Lose The Olympics Because of Shootings in Downtown Area?
The Chicago Sun-Times reports: