Summer in the city in Chester

Summer does not officially arrive until tomorrow.


Unless you live in the city of Chester, where it apparently arrived with a vengeance over the weekend.


This is what everyone feared, and why many were hoping the city would again impose tough restrictions on residents as they did last year when a rash of fatal shootings sparked a state of emergency in the city.


Late Saturday night there were several shootings - one of them fatal - and several fires in the city.


You can read the full story here.


Two vacant homes went up in smoke. A 32-year-old man suffered multiple gunshot wounds and later died of his injuries.


The city put a curfew on teens in place on June 1. It mandated those under age 18 be off the street from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.


It will be interesting to see if the city plans any other measures in light of the weekend incidents.



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