 The scaled-down platform reflects a desire by the Trump campaign to sidestep policy specifics that could spark infighting or further warnings from President Biden's campaign about the Trump agenda. Chicago officials are denouncing gun violence after a bloody July 4th weekend saw 74 shootings in four days, and all more than 100 people were injured and more than a dozen killed. The violence began on the 4th with a daytime shooting in a city southside where two women were killed trying to shield children from gunfire.