Posted on 08/18/2022 5:28:15 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A string of shootings across Chicago Wednesday left at least 10 people shot, and, according to police, at least half of those who suffered gunshot wounds were under the age of 16.
According to authorities, the youngest victim -- a 6-year-old boy -- remains in critical condition.
At approximately 2:19 p.m. in the 6100 block of S. Vernon Avenue in the city's West Woodlawn neighborhood, police say a 6-year-old boy was inside a third floor apartment when a bullet struck him in the back. Authorities say the gunfire came from within the building, but provided no further information.
Just a few hours later, not more than four miles away, four teens were shot while sitting on the porch of a residence in the city's Englewood neighborhood, police say.
According to authorities, at approximately 6:42 p.m. in the 7300 block of South Union, a 16-year-old and three 15-year-olds, all male, were sitting on a porch when an unknown person fired shots at the group.
Two hours later, at approximately 8:58 p.m. in the 2400 block of South Trumbull in the city's Little Village neighborhood, a 15-year-old male was fatally shot in the abdomen.
According to authorities, no one is in custody in any of the incidents.
This past weekend, Chicago police say there were 35 shooting incidents. As a result, 44 people were victims of gun violence, and eight of those people were killed.
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“44 people were victims of gun violence…”
Damn those racist guns.
Coal, Copper Lithium ?
Well, Indiana is to blame! Or something.
So black lives do not matter, regardless of how many yard signs the virtue signaling kids from the suburbs plant on their parents lawns. It's all a big lie.
Planting meaningless yard signs on your lawn are not doing anything to help the black kids getting gunned down in the inner cities.
And neither are "gun control" laws.
NOBODY CARES! Yes I’m yelling. If anyone with the ability to do something about it cared the trend would go the other way.
Correct. Making good people helpless does not make bad people harmless.
Thanks to Lori Light in the Loafers, 5 year olds will have to wear body armor just to walk to Kindergarten.
Excellent, mines are very dirty and polluting so these shootings are certainly justified.
I'll bet ther'll be lots more Friday night thru Monday morning!
Hearts of gold.
So yeah, people could do something about the problem but there's important incentives to leave things as they are.
The exception is if a white or black cop kills a black person... when that happens the full force of the US Government law enforcement thugs (FBI etc.) & progressive anarchist jump in to make things worse for the black community. Which again, keeps the 'black community' on the democrat plantation.
BLM except in Chicago
Well, Biden said he would kill the coal industry....
What? "minors", not "miners"?
Oh, sorry - never mind.
Boy, I would sure hate to be that person.
Hate has no place in America. D’oh.
Man, when the liberals said no coal they meant it! They shoot minors!
That may be the next step. For the past several years the city has had a program called Safe Passage where in certain neighborhoods the most traveled routes to and from school were marked with signs and manned by police officers in marked squad cars.
Chicago gets the news. People would be shocked if the numbers of Memphis were to be broadcast.
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