That may be the reason for a tally that includes 5 people killed and 55 others hurt in shootings from 12:01 a.m. Friday until around 6:30 a.m. Monday.
Those numbers do not include three highway shootings under Illinois State Police jurisdiction. To break those numbers down: Last year over the Memorial Day weekend there were 48 shootings and 14 homicides were recorded.
The year before there were 26 shootings and seven murders.
The department said the official numbers come out Tuesday and they do not have any scheduled updates Monday.
"I've been out in several communities since Friday, and I do feel that positive vibe from that. So it is encouraging, but there's still a lot more work to be done," Johnson said.
The superintendent says "any amount of violence is unacceptable." He said he will remain visible on the streets but says he needs some help, especially from parents.
Four people were killed, including a 15-year-old girl, and at least 48 more have been wounded in shootings across Chicago over Memorial Day weekend.
The most recent homicide happened Saturday evening in the Fuller Park neighborhood on the South Side.
Garvin Whitmore, 27, was sitting in the driver seat of a vehicle with 26-year-old Ashley Harrison about 5:20 p.m. in the 200 block of West Root when someone walked up to the vehicle and shot the man in the head, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Whitmore, of the 5800 block of West 63rd Place, was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:29 p.m., authorities said. At least 43 more people have been wounded in other Chicago shootings since 9:25 p.m. Friday.
Fifty-five people were shot, 12 fatally, in Memorial Day weekend shootings in 2015.
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