There were no deaths in a Chicago, Illinois, shooting on Oct. 29 in which 15 people were injured, contrary to online posts falsely claiming that the incident had left 15 dead but that it is not being reported by news outlets. Posts on social media on Oct. 29 said: “Why did a Chicago mass shooting that killed 15 early Sunday am go unreported in national media? Around 1 a.m. on Oct. 29 in Chicago, officers responded to a call about shots fired in the neighborhood of North Lawndale, according to a release on the Chicago Police Department (CPD) website. In a media conference on Oct. 29, CPD 10th District Commander William Betancourt said the shooting occurred at a Halloween gathering. There were no deaths in an Oct. 29 Chicago shooting incident in which 15 people were injured.

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