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Two children died last week in what officials describe as homicides stemming from child abuse.
On Friday, a 2-year-old boy died after he experienced trauma to his head and abdomen, according to information from the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. The child was being cared for at a home in Portage Park, police said.
Also Friday, police said they discovered a newborn girl, who had been wrapped a plastic bag and placed in the closet of her home in the 6100 block of North Sheridan Road. Charges have been brought in both cases.
Citywide, 17 homicides have been recorded so far this month. Chicago police recorded 25 homicides in February last year, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found.
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Victims
Feb. 25
– Nathaniel Maxon, a 15 year old unknown male, caused by a gunshot in West Garfield Park.
Feb. 23
– Raphead Dixon, a 25 year old black male, caused by a gunshot in West Ridge.
Feb. 21
– Roger Escalante, a 16 year old white male, caused by a gunshot in Humboldt Park.
Feb. 20
– Christopher Young, a black male, caused by a gunshot in Greater Grand Crossing.
Feb. 18
– Baby girl Molina, a Newborn old white female, caused by a abuse in Edgewater.
Feb. 18
– Salvador Sanchez, a 2 old white male, caused by a trauma in Dunning.
These neighborhoods saw fatal shootings
Tracy Swartz posted Feb. 18, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. | no comments
West Garfield Park and Morgan Park each saw a fatal shooting in the last week.
On Monday, a 25-year-old man was shot to death in the 4300 block of West Flournoy Street. A 20-year-old man was shot to death on Saturday in the 11200 block of South Hermosa Avenue, according to police information.
This is the first homicide of the year for both West Garfield Park and Morgan Park, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police information found.
Citywide, 11 homicides have been recorded so far this month. Chicago police recorded 25 homicides in February last year, RedEye found.
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Feb. 17
– Steve Mabry, a black male, caused by a stabbing in Chatham.
Feb. 15
– Antonio Melton, a 25 year old black male, caused by a gunshot in West Garfield Park.
Feb. 13
– Brandon Berry, a 20 year old black male, caused by a gunshot in Morgan Park.
The deadliest days of 2010 were ...
Tracy Swartz posted Feb. 11, 2010 at 8:00 a.m. | no comments
Three homicides were recorded on Sunday, one of the deadliest days of 2010, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found.
A 33-year-old man was shot to death in Washington Park, a 30-year-old man was shot to death in Auburn Gresham, and a 25-year-old man was strangled and beaten in South Lawndale, police said.
Two other days this year have seen three homicides. On Feb. 2, two men and a woman were shot to death in Auburn Gresham in two separate incidents. On Jan. 2, a woman was stabbed to death in Roseland; in West Englewood, a man was shot to death and another man was beaten to death.
Citywide, nine homicides have been recorded so far this month. Chicago police recorded 25 homicides in February last year, RedEye found.
Feb. 10
– Christopher Neal, a 24 year old black male, caused by a gunshot in Riverdale.
Feb. 7
– Samuel Fullilove, a 33 year old black male, caused by a gunshot in Washington Park.
Feb. 7
– Vaughn T. Holeman, a 30 year old black male, caused by a gunshot in Auburn Gresham.
Feb. 6
– Luis Rodriguez, a 25 year old white male, caused by a strangling in South Lawndale.
Feb. 6
– Wayne Johnson, a 52 year old black male, caused by a strangling in Austin.
Feb. 4
– Andreaus Clark, a 24 year old black male, caused by a stabbing in South Shore.
And those are not counting CHicago’s Sewer-sides! ;~)
Notice the names of those “white” males?
Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it harder for sober people to own cars.
Why do they classify Hispanics as whites?
I don’t know if those numbers are more or less than usual. I know that when I was growing up outside Chicago it was not uncommon to hear of at least one murder every night on the news, or more — especially in the summer, and on the weekends (or so it seemed... a reg. occurrence at least). After all, there are over 9.5 million people living in the greater metro area, and some really bad areas among those rife with drugs and gangs. It will be a VERY good thing if this law is finally overturned. I was pleasantly surprised by Heller, and I hope it is the same with this case — praying for it...
Nobody proofreads anymore.
Perhaps this means that the old white female newborn was a Bodhisattva that did not need to stay long on the Earth to attain the bliss of Nirvana. At least that is a much finer thought than the one line reality we read. All we have left is to pray for this infant.