By Emily Zanotti
Chicago police are investigating what looks to be one of the city’s most brazen gun crimes in an already difficult year: the shooting death of a Chicago-based rapper in broad daylight, just a block away from Chicago’s Magnificent Mile shopping district.
Officers, the Chicago Sun-Times reports, are also bracing for what could be a burgeoning gang war.
FBG Duck, whose real name is Carlton Weekly, “was shot Tuesday afternoon on Oak Street after two men jumped out of cars and opened fire,” the Sun-Times said. Weekly “was on social media antagonizing rival gang members before he was killed Tuesday afternoon, according to an officer safety alert issued late Tuesday.”
Oak Street intersects with Michigan Avenue — the Magnificent Mile shopping district, a top destination for tourists visiting Chicago — and is home to some of the city’s high-end boutiques. The shooting happened in the afternoon, around 4:30 pm local time.
Of larger concern, Weekly’s affiliation with one of the city’s oldest and largest street gangs, and whether Weekly’s death could be the triggering event for a gang war. Weekly “belonged to a Gangster Disciples faction and police believe it may now seek retaliation against the Black Disciples across the South Side,” the Chicago Tribune reports.
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