Posted on 02/16/2017 4:45:16 AM PST by simpson96
Six people, including a 12-year-old girl, were shot Wednesday night on Chicago's South Side during a memorial for a victim of a previous act of gun violence, police said.
The shootings occurred about 8:16 p.m. in the city’s Greater Grand Crossing community in a "business establishment" on the 500 block of East 75th Street, Chicago police said.
Community activist Jedidiah Brown told reporters that "the opposition" to those attending the memorial came through an alley before opening fire on the group of mourners. He added that the mother of the person being memorialized was also among the victims, though police have not confirmed that information.
A 12-year-old girl suffered a graze wound to the head from a bullet, police said, and was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, where her condition had stabilized.
A 20-year-old woman shot in the right leg was taken to Stroger Hospital, where her condition had stabilized, police said.
A 43-year-old who was shot in the hand was also taken to Stroger Hospital, where her condition had stabilized, police said.
A 16-year-old boy shot in the neck and a 20-year-old woman shot in the left leg and buttock were taken to Christ Hospital, both in serious condition, according to police.
A 17-year-old boy was shot in the arm and took himself to Jackson Park Hospital, where his condition had stabilized, police said.
“I’m asking that those individuals who may see this, that are planning retaliation right now, that you stand down from that and that we look for peaceful alternatives,” Brown said.
Police vehicles were still parked in the street about 9:30 p.m. Yellow crime scene tape cordoned off the block as witnesses and neighbors stood in the cold.
As of Wednesday night, no one was in custody and Area South detectives were investigating.
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Killing the mourners? What kind of twisted evil is this?!!!
Shooting vigil shootings. My favorite.
Now a second memorial to the first memorial to the original shooting is needed.
If Obama had a son....
Impossible!
Obama’s peeps.
I’m against a police state but they need the guard or something. Stop and Frisk would be a good start.
It is a huge city, huge population so that is some of it but still. Seems like it took 2 hours to drive through Chicago.
See Godfather part 2. Opening scene. These Chicagoans are gangstas, after all.
Drink!
It is not beyond the realm of possibility that the victim and mourners are largely related to one Chicago gang, and the shooter(s) to another.
Wall it off like “Escape From NY”
Let's see; Chi-Town is a dem and mob run city with a marxist mayor - wall it off and let the animals shoot each other!
The “social contract” calls for the government, any legitimate government, to provide for the safety and peace of the citizens. That’s both at the border and within the borders. The quid quo pro is that citizens relinquish some of their God given rights to protection and revenge enforcement IF the government steps in the gap.
Gangs, revenge in the cities and the Hatfields and McCoys in the hills, all come back with a vengeance when the government fails to hold up its end of the agreement. There is no law when the rule of law comes apart. This obvious fact is lost on the leftists and the MSM.
Sorry if this seems pedantic to Freepers.
That’s why they call it Chiraq.
Chicago shootings are treated as if they are a black thing and none of whitey’s business. That attitude is shared by everyone, the media, all levels of government, even the victims who don’t trust the cops while being shot by their neighbors.
Lol.. peaceful solution? In my experience, some people comprehend only in terms of.. keep it up and there will be a hundred of you, for every one of us. Gangs are in wars, so only a war plan will work. Diplomacy through demonstration of willingness to use force as a last resort and.. shall we say, final solution.
Some call it Shitcago!
IF...mayor Rahm Emmanaul says anything about this, it will be...’We need more federal funding.’
I’m against a police state but they need the guard or something.
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And that’s why crooked politicians have been cultivating feral humans for the past 50 years.
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