Posted on 07/02/2023 5:07:52 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
UPDATED: Sunday, July 2, 2023 6:26PM
CHICAGO -- At least 31 people have been shot, three fatally, in Fourth of July weekend gun violence across Chicago, police said.
A man was killed and three others wounded in a shooting Friday night in Chicago Lawn. The four were standing on a sidewalk about 8:15 p.m. in the 6300 block of South Artesian Avenue when someone in a black Dodge Charger pulled up and an occupant opened fire, Chicago police said.
A 16-year-old boy was struck by gunfire early Saturday in West Englewood. He was walking on a sidewalk about 1:30 a.m. in the 6100 block of South Honore Street when he heard gunshots and felt pain, Chicago police said.
Around the same time, a man was shot multiple times during a fight in River North. A fight broke out around 1:30 a.m. in the 300 block of West Ontario Street and several gunshots were fired, according to Chicago police.
Just over an hour later, two teenage boys were wounded in a drive-by shooting in Englewood on the South Side. The boys, 15 and 16, were walking on a sidewalk about 2:45 a.m. in the 400 block of West 75th Street when someone in a gray truck drove up and began shooting, Chicago police said.
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Two days to go.
What were 15 and 16 year old boys doing walking the streets at 2:45am?
Yep. Julyteenth is almost here. Gentleman, load your weapons!
“...The boys, 15 and 16, were walking on a sidewalk about 2:45 a.m...”
2:45 AM??????????
Atta way, mom and dad!!!!!!!!!!!!
Keep it going Chi-town kids....3 dead is just playtime.
Not gun violence. Gang violence.
It is somehow …. Florida’s fault. Florida got permitless carry starting July first.
I made a joke. Unfortunately, it won’t undo the carnage.
Shucks
Sounds more like people violence to me. No guns or violins have been reported as being hurt.
Baltimore and Chicago having a race. I think the Democrats would sacrifice any and all they can to try and provr something.
Baltimore is trying to “out-shoot” Chicago for the record this weekend though. Also, we have at least 48 hours remaining since Independence Day is not until Tuesday.
Will Chicago keep it’s title? It remains to be seen! I’m sure LEO’s hate it when a holiday involving fireworks and gunfire does not officially occur until almost mid-week. I doubt very many cops in inner cities have had a chance to be with their families over the past few days.
In my local county, the same couple of cops are on duty, with a couple more on call for major automobile accidents caused by drunk drivers. Although the state patrol does has officers who drive the major roads and stops the obvious speeders and those weaving on the highway and seemingly impaired.
So, say a prayer for those officers on duty, who are not only away from their family for the weekend, but also have to deal with the unruly thugs who take a holiday meant as a celebration of our nation’s founding, as a opportunity to create mayhem and destruction.
Light weekend.
Mom AND dad?
LOL, that’s funny!
Church choir practice ran a bit long.
I think he meant Mom and Sperm donor.
Crime is out of control here in North Idaho — we forgot to put our 2023 registration sticker on our boat and the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office pulled us over on the lake today. We were polite, had some nice discussion about boating safety, and showed them the registration and our fire extinguisher. Best of all, nobody got shot.
Our shooting count so far this weekend is zero.
Apparently somebody at NASCAR thought it was a good idea to race thru the streets of Chicago today. I understand 150K of studio equipment was stolen last night, so far no driver or pit crew has been shot but night time is neigh…
“Right now I'm thinking a good deal about emancipation. One of our sins was slavery, another was emancipation. It's a paradox. In theory, emancipation was one of the glories of our democracy - and it was. But the way it was done led to tragedy, turning four million people loose with no jobs or trades or learning. And then in 1877 for a few electoral votes, just abandoning them entirely. A huge amount of pain and trouble resulted. Everybody in America is still paying for it.”
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more gun control laws and fewer police will solve this problem!
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