Posted on 08/06/2018 10:45:03 AM PDT by simpson96
CHICAGO — At least 74 people were shot in one of the most violent weekends of the year in Chicago, spurred by a 7-hour period early Sunday morning when 40 people were shot.
Between 3 p.m. Friday and 6 a.m. Monday morning, 11 people were killed and 63 people were wounded, according to Tribune data. Their ages spanned from 11 to 62 years old, and most of those shot were attacked on the South and West sides.
As of Friday, at least 1,700 people have been shot in the city this year, fewer than the last two years at this time when violence hit record levels in the city but well above other recent years. There have been at least 300 homicides, according to Tribune data.
Six of the shootings this weekend injured four or more people in a single attack, racking up 31 victims early Sunday.
The staggering numbers attracted national media attention and resulted in a press conference Sunday morning during which Chicago police chief of patrol Fred Waller blamed the violence on gang members who shoot into summer crowds at night.
"They take advantage of that opportunity and they shoot into a crowd, no matter who they hit," Waller said.
Over the weekend, shooters targeted large groups at a block party, a funeral and other outdoor gatherings.
The largest attack wounded eight people in the South Side's Gresham neighborhood around 12:40 a.m. Monday, including a 14-year-old girl and two 17-year-old girls.
Two 17-year-olds shot in separate incidents were the weekend's youngest homicide victims.
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There would be headlines and a pentagon briefer if there was this big of a fire fight in Afghanistan. Yet, it’s just another weekend in Chicago...
“Who was doing all this killing of Negroes, the Ku Klux Klan? “
No, a bunch of people with the same IQ as LaBron James.
And Rahm and the DemonRats laugh all the way to the bank.
2018 Police-involved Shootings
Year Killed Wounded
2018 4 9
2017 11 12
2016 11 14
2015 9 16
2014 17 28
2013 13 30
2012 8 49
2011 23 37
2010 13 33
2009 19 42
2018 POs1 1
The cops have given up. Eventually though the problem will take care of itself.
Chicongo is exactly what the Kenyanesian Usurper organized it to be.
MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL:
“Chick-fil-A’s values are not Chicago values. They’re not respectful of our residents, our neighbors and our family members.”
74 people shot, 11 fatally, in Chicago over the weekend.
It is irreversible.
Worse, it will continue inexorably into chaos.
No law enforcement type solution can have any serious positive effect after 50+ years of social decay. Accept that Chicago is lost for good.
And, therefore, what?
“fewer than the last two years at this time”
“74 people shot, 11 fatally, in Chicago over the weekend”
Hhhhuuuuhhhh, and not one F’n NRA member involved...Go figure.
Isn’t a democrat controlled government just wonderful?
Sadly, I concur.
Typical Summer weekend?
I don’t care who they vote for, I just want someone to help stop the killing and terror.
You can’t force people to look at what would be best for them, but you can’t stand aside and watch them die because the people the do vote for fail them. It breaks my heart to see this go on and on with no end in sight. All those young lives snuffed out for no reason.
Meanwhile, black “leaders” remain silent.
Obama and butt boy Rahm took in a ballet, and relaxed in a steam room at Man’s Country.
Jesse and Al were interestingly silent. Lebron and Colon were making it rain at some Vegas club. Nice culture!
And the media glosses over this like they're doing a recipe piece.
Paging David AttentionHogg...
President hasn’t tweeted about Chicago lately.
Does he still have plans to address the problem as President?
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