Posted on 06/01/2010 3:49:19 AM PDT by raybbr
A man was found shot in the head and back this morning on Chicago's Far South Side, one of five shootings across the city overnight, police said.
He was found lying on the ground at about 3:21 a.m. in the 200 block of East 115th Street in the West Pullman neighborhood, said Police News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines, and was taken in critical condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
There was no immediate information available about the victim's age or the circumstances of the shooting.
In other violence:
• Shortly before 2 a.m., another man was found with a gunshot wound to his leg on the 3600 block of West Lexington Street in the Homan Square neighborhood on the West Side, Gaines said. He was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital where he was treated and released.
• At about midnight, an 18-year-old man was shot in the arm in the 12000 block of South Perry Avenue on Chicago's Far South Side, Gaines said. He was taken to Christ and is now described as in "stable" condition, he said.
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That’s a pretty sorry picture of the Chicago Police. Sounds like a rundown taxi fleet in a 3rd world city
No offense but that's a misnomer. Only handguns and 'assault weapons' are banned.
Rifles and Shotguns are legal to own(1) - BUT - you have to register them with the PD each year (which most folks don't know). And the kicker - if you miss re registering by ONE DAY, you're supposed to get that Weapon out of Chicago as it is now 'illegal' (ha).
(1) The people who live in Public Housing cannot own ANY weapon, period. This was brought to court and the City Won, and also Won on Appeal. So poor law abiding Blacks have zero 2A rights. They can't even hunt for their own food. (I know the 2A isn't about hunting, I'm just sayin)
Did Dear Reader ring up the Mayor demanding the facts?
I’M waiting for The One to utter the following words: “The City of Chicago acted ... stupidly...”
Until urban youths tire of the hip hip gangsta culture, this will continue unabated.
Personally, I think Chicago will end up like Detroit.
This will continue until the honest citizens all have ‘stolen’ guns to defend themselves. Memphis is bad, but not this bad. And that is saying a lot we have 2-3 murders a week. More in the summer and around holidays.
Looks like Chicago needs some hopey-changey quick.
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