Posted on 07/05/2014 8:27:19 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
Chicago was hit with a burst of gun violence on the Fourth of July, with at least 21 people shot during an 11-hour stretch from Friday evening into Saturday morning, according to police.
That brings to 36 the number of people who have been shot in the city since the long holiday weekend began Thursday afternoon, when two women were hit by gunfire as they sat on a porch just a block from Garfield Park on the West Side.
The holiday shootings have stretched across the city but have been concentrated in the South and West sides. The Englewood and Harrison districts have both seen a handful of people shot over the last two days, and there have been shootings as far south as the Altgeld Gardens neighborhood at the edge of the city to the Rogers Park neighborhood bordering Evanston.
Three of those wounded were shot by police officers in Portage Park, Rogers Park and Englewood. The man shot in Portage Park, around 9:50 p.m., died.
(Excerpt) Read more at my.chicagotribune.com ...
that change come out of your and my pocket.
Bunch of damned gun totin’, Bible thumpin’, Tea Party attendin’, NRA membershippin’ Dittoheads no doubt.
“Come on, Chicago, you can do better than that. Let’s make it a hundred by Monday!”
I have money on the “over” too...
Calling Obongo,Calling Obongo;There Is An Apparent Ammo-Shortage In CHI-Town.Get Holder On This Right Away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just a typical day in Chi-Congo ....
LOL! Apparently for the “dead broke” clintons, the economy seems to have had a STRONG recovery. Do you think j. carnie will get the same kind of contract that chelsea got? At least he’s an experienced liar. Not just a pretty face in skin tight black spandex pants. ;>}
“Street Rats” out doing their thing on a Holiday weekend. Just think, they still have two more days to go before its back to their holes.
I see Chicago becoming another Detroit, its just a matter of time.
i fail to understand why more shooting occur on the weekend since these things don't work to begin with so what makes the weekend special when they do the same thing on Saturday night as on Wednesday night? or is it simply many of the victims are the ones with a job and are out more on the weekend???
Sillycon Valley was a war zone last night,, hugh booms and stuff for about 4 hours..
Former Baghdad residents now living here must have felt right at home.
Damn, ChicagoTown really goes all out tho huh?
I hear Tyrone just medal'd in Armed Robbery.
Just another night in Liberal Paradise..............
Ah yes, the old stomping grounds of Obama and Emmanuel.
geez. all five boroughs of NYC put together can’t compete with that.
wha-choo-say.
UPDATE:
1 dead, 27 wounded in holiday weekend shootings
Posted: Jul 04, 2014 12:43 PM CST Updated: Jul 05, 2014 2:39 PM CST
A person was shot by police Friday night near Berenice and Cicero avenues. (Network Video Productions) A person was shot by police Friday night near Berenice and Cicero avenues. (Network Video Productions)
CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) -
One person was killed and at least 27 others have been wounded in holiday weekend shootings across the city since Thursday night.
The weekend’s fatal shooting happened at 2:37 a.m. Friday in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, authorities said.
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