Carbondale gun violence at 10-year high
Updated: Jul 18, 2016 6:41 PM CST
By Rachael Krause
With 14 shootings so far this year, gun violence in Carbondale, Illinois, is at its highest level in 10 years, according to records from the Carbondale Police Department.
There was another this weekend in the 500 block of South Graham Street that sent one person to a local hospital.
Police records from a Freedom of Information Act request in April show eight shootings in Carbondale. Records workers inside the police department say there have been another six since then, including the shooting this past Saturday. Records show this is the highest number of shootings in more than a decade.
http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/story/32473587/carbondale-gun-violence-at-10-year-high
.. Carbondale City Council member Navreet Kang. Kang says it’s not guns that are the problem, but the people.
He says what Carbondale is dealing with this year is similar to what bigger cities like Chicago deal with.
He says the judicial system ought to punish shooters more harshly, and he believes that will prevent repeat offenses.
There's a guy who 'gets it' !
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Must be a mistake. Obama said recently crime is down everywhere and he wouldn’t lie.