Chicago police encouraged by drop in homicides in May
FILE - In this May 26, 2021, file photo, Chicago police Superintendent David Brown speaks during a news conference at police headquarters in Chicago. Police say the number of homicides dropped in May in Chicago compared with the same month last year. And police say the month that ended with 65 homicides compared with 84 in May 2020, culminated in a Memorial Day weekend with fewer homicides than any Memorial Day weekend in a decade. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP, File)

FILE - In this May 26, 2021, file photo, Chicago police Superintendent David Brown speaks during a news conference at police headquarters in Chicago. Police say the number of homicides dropped in May in Chicago compared with the same month last year. And police say the month that ended with 65 homicides compared with 84 in May 2020, culminated in a Memorial Day weekend with fewer homicides than any Memorial Day weekend in a decade. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP, File)

Jun. 01, 2021 02:31 PM EDT
Hundreds of mourners gather in the parking lot of Stroger Hospital after a 40-year-old man was shot to death in the 700 block of North Spaulding Avenue on Memorial Day, Monday night, May 31, 2021, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Hundreds of mourners gather in the parking lot of Stroger Hospital after a 40-year-old man was shot to death in the 700 block of North Spaulding Avenue on Memorial Day, Monday night, May 31, 2021, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Jun. 01, 2021 02:20 PM EDT
Hundreds of mourners gather in the parking lot of Stroger Hospital after a 40-year-old man was shot to death in the 700 block of North Spaulding Avenue on Memorial Day, Monday night, May 31, 2021, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Hundreds of mourners gather in the parking lot of Stroger Hospital after a 40-year-old man was shot to death in the 700 block of North Spaulding Avenue on Memorial Day, Monday night, May 31, 2021, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Jun. 01, 2021 02:16 PM EDT
Chicago police investigate in the 700 block of North Spaulding Avenue, where a 40-year-old man was shot multiple times while he was riding in a car on the West Side on Memorial Day, Monday night, May 31, 2021, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Chicago police investigate in the 700 block of North Spaulding Avenue, where a 40-year-old man was shot multiple times while he was riding in a car on the West Side on Memorial Day, Monday night, May 31, 2021, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Jun. 01, 2021 02:18 PM EDT
Chicago police investigate in the 700 block of North Spaulding Avenue, where a 40-year-old man was shot multiple times while he was riding in a car on the West Side on Memorial Day, Monday night, May 31, 2021, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Chicago police investigate in the 700 block of North Spaulding Avenue, where a 40-year-old man was shot multiple times while he was riding in a car on the West Side on Memorial Day, Monday night, May 31, 2021, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Jun. 01, 2021 02:13 PM EDT
Chicago police investigate in the 700 block of North Spaulding Avenue, where a 40-year-old man was shot multiple times while he was riding in a car on the West Side on Memorial Day, Monday night, May 31, 2021, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Chicago police investigate in the 700 block of North Spaulding Avenue, where a 40-year-old man was shot multiple times while he was riding in a car on the West Side on Memorial Day, Monday night, May 31, 2021, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Jun. 01, 2021 02:15 PM EDT
Hundreds of mourners gather in the parking lot of Stroger Hospital after a 40-year-old man was shot to death in the 700 block of North Spaulding Avenue on Memorial Day, Monday night, May 31, 2021, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Hundreds of mourners gather in the parking lot of Stroger Hospital after a 40-year-old man was shot to death in the 700 block of North Spaulding Avenue on Memorial Day, Monday night, May 31, 2021, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Jun. 01, 2021 02:14 PM EDT