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63 shot over weekend in Chicago; only long July 4th weekend more violent this year
Chicago Tribune ^ | August 21, 2017 | by Elyssa Cherney and Elvia Malagon

Posted on 08/21/2017 1:17:57 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

More people were shot in Chicago over the weekend than on any other this year, except for the Fourth of July weekend that stretched four days, according to police and data kept by the Chicago Tribune.

At least 63 people were shot in the city, and eight of them were killed, police said. More than half of them were wounded over 13 hours from Saturday to early Sunday. At least 16 more people were shot through the day Sunday, including three on the same street in South Austin.

The level of violence exceeded the 52 shot on the three-day Memorial Day but fell short of the 102 hit by gunfire over the long Fourth of July weekend, according to Tribune data. Still, fewer people have been shot in Chicago this year than at this time last year: 2,435 compared to 2,710.

There have been at least 451 homicides this year, 16 fewer than this time last year, Tribune data show.

This weekend's shootings occurred across the city, from Rogers Park on the Far North Side, where a 32-year-old man was killed early Sunday, to West Pullman on the Far South Side, where seven people were shot outside a banquet hall a few hours later the same day.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
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Gang bangers getting shot in Chicago faster than authorities can count.
1 posted on 08/21/2017 1:17:57 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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They are just gearing-up for Labor Day holiday.


2 posted on 08/21/2017 1:21:11 PM PDT by PGR88
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Robert E. Lee was just a gunnin’ ‘em down. Or was it Stone wall? A.P. Hill?


3 posted on 08/21/2017 1:25:39 PM PDT by TTFlyer
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4 posted on 08/21/2017 1:25:39 PM PDT by DannyTN
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What is that lapel pin Emmanuel is wearing????


5 posted on 08/21/2017 1:30:26 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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and eight of them were killed, police said. More than half of them were wounded

Huh? More than half? Some of the people who were shot weren't wounded? Were some of the shooters using nerf guns? Is there a category of shooting that is specific to nerf guns? What the would charge be?

6 posted on 08/21/2017 1:30:35 PM PDT by arthurus
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By conservatives, no doubt? Egged on by the president??


7 posted on 08/21/2017 1:33:19 PM PDT by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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His lapel pin is modeled after the Chicago city flag.


8 posted on 08/21/2017 1:35:57 PM PDT by PBRCat
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appears to be only two types of people in Chicago........ those who have been shot and those who will be shot.


9 posted on 08/21/2017 1:36:16 PM PDT by Lockbox
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Funny. But Chicago needs midnight target practice to get their stats up!


10 posted on 08/21/2017 1:39:30 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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High five, Chicago!


11 posted on 08/21/2017 1:46:15 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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Yeah ... Marse Robert be just mowin' 'em down with his AK47


12 posted on 08/21/2017 1:46:21 PM PDT by NorthMountain (The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
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Thanks...I had no clue what it was...


13 posted on 08/21/2017 1:48:04 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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There must be a lot of Confederate statues in Chicago!


14 posted on 08/21/2017 1:50:51 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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How do the hospitals hold up??!


15 posted on 08/21/2017 1:50:57 PM PDT by miss marmelstein
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Hosted on Fotki
16 posted on 08/21/2017 1:51:25 PM PDT by Ronald_Magnus
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17 posted on 08/21/2017 1:52:27 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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So far no one has blamed Trump or the eclipse.


18 posted on 08/21/2017 2:02:52 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Consistently acting in a way that is in opposition to our human nature is INSANITY.)
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The Atlantic has blamed the Eclipse on Racism.


19 posted on 08/21/2017 2:08:39 PM PDT by arthurus
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The National Press doesn't give a damn about Chicago's wounded or dead because those deaths can't be used to bludgeon conservative Americans.

It really is that simple.

20 posted on 08/21/2017 2:11:57 PM PDT by GOPJ (ISIS & Taliban feel Buddha Statues express hatred toward Islam - therefore they can be destroyed.)
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