Mayor Johnson joins community rally for peace following Fourth of July violence in Chicago

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Mayor Johnson joins community rally for peace following Fourth of July violence in Chicago
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Mayor Brandon Johnson joined a community rally for peace Friday night after shocking violence rocked Chicago's Fourth of July.

Mayor Brandon Johnson joined a community rally for peace Friday night after shocking violence rocked Chicago 's Fourth of July. The mayor spoke in the same neighborhood where several family members were gunned down inside a home that's now riddled with bullet holes. At the spot where 71st Place meets South Woodlawn, emotions of a bloody Fourth of July intersect with moments of prayer.

RELATED: July 4th mass shooting: 2 women and 1 child dead, 2 more children in critical conditionTwo other boys were critically injured. Both are now in the hospital.Their family members are now trying to stay strong for them. The shooting was just one of many across the city at the start of a violent holiday weekend.

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