Posted on 02/14/2022 4:50:43 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
CHICAGO -- Ten people have been shot, three fatally, in Chicago gun violence over the weekend, police said.
Two men were killed in separate attacks Saturday evening in Chicago Lawn on the Southwest Side. About 6:40 p.m., a 45-year-old man was in an alley in the 5900-block of South Washtenaw Avenue when someone shot him in the back of the head.
A 16-year-old girl was wounded Saturday night in a shooting in Gresham on the South Side. The girl was walking on the sidewalk about 11:05 p.m. in the 8400-block of South Gilbert Court when a male she knew fired shots, striking her in the leg, police said. She was taken to Comer Children's Hospital, where she was in good condition, police said.
Last weekend, 22 were shot, three fatally.
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New Chicago Headline This AM - Shootings down over 50% since last week?
babblin’ biden’s embargo of russian bullets having unintended effect.
Chicago is telling Philly “not so fast, my friend.”
59th and Washtenaw used to be a really nice neighborhood.
Must have been a chilly weekend. Their numbers are slipping. They should start including the Fentanyl deaths.
One merely needs to consider the weather. I think it was about 5 Deg F in chicago over the weekend. If there is one absolute indicator of murders in Chicago - its the weather and temperature! That's why its so urgent we solve climate change! LOL.
Probably a shortage of ammo. With price increases maybe we need to give out more welfare money so they can afford it.
Navy-women on board had to watch their clothes dry in the ships laundromat. The medn were stealing their underwear.
Obviously sidewalks and alleys must be banned immediately.
Slow weekend.
Slow weekend apparently. Was it cold in Chicago this weekend?
Yep, shootings are dropping.
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