Posted on 10/03/2022 4:50:10 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Weekend gun violence left 31 people shot, five fatally over the weekend, Chicago police said.
Several children were among the victims, including a three-year-old boy killed on Friday and a seven-year-old boy shot on his way to church.
Police said the family of the seven-year-old boy was driving to church when they noticed a man breaking into one of their other cars that was parked.
They confronted the suspect, who police said pulled out a rifle and fired shots in the family's direction, striking the boy in the leg.
That suspect was caught by police and the child is expected to recover.
Casey Rodriguez, 30, was found with a gunshot wound to the head about 11:40 a.m. Saturday inside a home in the 2000-block of South Michigan Avenue, police and the medical examiner's office said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
About an hour and a half later, a 30-year-old man was killed in a shooting in Roseland on the Far South Side. He was shot in the head about 1:20 p.m. in the 300-block of West 110th Street, police said. A 21-year-old man was found with multiple gunshot wounds later Saturday in the same block. He was found about 9:05 p.m. by responding officers and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died.
Early Saturday on the South Side, a man was shot during an attempted robbery in the Kenwood neighborhood. About 12:45 a.m., the man, 29, was walking in the 140- block of East 47th Street when he was shot as two suspects were trying to rob him, police said. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was listed in fair condition.
Last weekend, 38 people were shot, seven fatally, in weekend gun violence.
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“You gotta pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers.”
C'mon, Baltimore! Get with the program! You're way behind the Windy City this weekend!
Jeez, they can’t shoot straight. Only 5 dead?
Too bad The City With Broad Shoulders doesn’t have any gun laws...things might be different.
I wonder if the 18 series Army medics and Navy Corpsman are still working in Cook Co. Hospitals to get their combat wound management down? The were there in the 2000s.
Hurry up, winter is just around the corner.
Brothas don’t like the cold.
The Shield?
The article says some guy pulled a rifle when confronted while committing a crime. I hope that doesn’t catch on.
LOL
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