Posted on 08/22/2021 2:41:05 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Eleven people — including two teenagers — were shot in two mass shootings overnight, each including one fatality, according to Chicago police.
The first mass shooting took place shortly before 9:10 p.m. Saturday in a parking lot in the Calumet Heights neighborhood. Six people were shot — one of whom died — when two men shot at them from a nearby alley, Chicago police said in a media notification. The shooting took place in the 1600 block of East 87th Place.
A man, 39, suffered a gunshot wound to his abdomen and was pronounced dead at Jackson Park Hospital & Medical Center at 9:33 p.m., according to information from the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
The Chicago Fire Department took two men, 39 and 40, to the University of Chicago Medical Center. The younger man was in fair condition after being shot in the ankle; the older man was in critical condition after being shot in the lower backside and leg. Three other people took themselves to hospitals with gunshot wounds to their limbs. A man, 32, was in good condition at Advocate Trinity Hospital. Two women, 44 and 25, were in fair condition at the University of Chicago Medical Center and good condition at Advocate Trinity Hospital, respectively.
The second mass shooting occurred in the East Garfield Park neighborhood just before 1 a.m. Sunday. Five people — including two teenagers — were shot in the 3400 block of West Lake Street. Police said a man, 29, was shot in the head and pronounced dead at the scene at 1:34 a.m., according to information from the medical examiner’s office.
The teenagers — a boy, 17, and a woman, 18 — were taken to Stroger Hospital. The 17-year-old was in fair condition with gunshot wounds to his shoulder and leg...
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They mis-spelled “gang violence”.
Sunday isn’t quite through yet.
These guys suck at shooting.
A 12.5% kill ratio?…
The ‘Afghanistan’ of the Mid-western United States.
It is a most dubvious honor, one that used to belong to Detroit, Michigan some 40 years ago.
Just remember though... Whitey’s the problem.
It’s safer in Afghanistan.
Mayor darkfoot will get right on that.
Forty?? Come on, guys, let’s get a move on!
Our guns must be different in Texas. I’ve never seen a violent one. Mine have always been quite submissive and calm and only do what they are told.
I kind of think that Somalia is probably a better comparison, but I get it.
If they put a wall around Chicago, the government could airlift out whoever can get to the airport.
“University of Chicago Medical Center.”
Watched a program a few years ago that said that the military get their medical combat training there for front line combat wounds.
Great place to do that if so.
Well yeah...when you hold da gatt sideways, what percentage did you expect?
Time to evacuate Americans out of Chicago.
Damn, if only they got vaccinated they would have been safe.
I. Am. Kidding.
My guns have been pretty lazy lately with the price of ammo being so high and generally very hard to find.
Looks like Kabul is safer.
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