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Chicago shootings: 15 shot, 2 killed in weekend gun violence across city, police say
ABC News Local ^
| March 3, 2024
| ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team
Posted on 03/03/2024 11:38:51 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Fifteen people were shot, two fatally, in weekend gun violence across Chicago, police said.
A teenager has died after being shot in the parking lot of a bank in Downtown Chicago, police said.
The shooting happened Saturday evening at the 500-block of West Roosevelt Road near Canal Street, in the South Loop, authorities said.
When police arrived they found two people shot, both were taken to Stroger Hospital and were initially reported to be in critical condition.
A 17-year-old boy died at the hospital from his injuries.
One person is dead after being shot at a stop sign on the city's Southwest Side, according to police.
The shooting happened around 11:54 p.m. on Saturday at the 2500-block of South Trumbell Avenue in Little Village.
The victims were in a vehicle stopped at a stop sign, when suspects stepped out of white sedan and started shooting, Chicago police said.
A 22-year-old man was shot in the head. He died from his injuries at Mt. Sinai hospital.
A 17-year-old boy was shot in the leg, he was also taken to Mt. Sinai. At last check he was in fair condition.
There is no one in custody and Area Four detectives are investigating the shooting as a homicide.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; democrats; drugs; gangs; nra; secondamendment
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I wonder how many hundreds of rounds were fired to hit 15. The numbers are probably astounding.
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posted on
03/03/2024 11:42:07 AM PST
by
cdcdawg
(Our empire of sodomy is failing as it should. How else could it go? )
To: Oldeconomybuyer
They need stronger gun laws. What else could it be?
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posted on
03/03/2024 11:44:35 AM PST
by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I would submit that only 2 dead is a slow weekend for chicago.....fortunately.
There’s still tonight, so.....
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posted on
03/03/2024 11:46:03 AM PST
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
To: V_TWIN
It’s still Winter. It’ll amp up in a couple of months when it’s more comfortable on the streets.
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posted on
03/03/2024 11:48:51 AM PST
by
JennysCool
("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Only two deaths; quiet weekend.
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posted on
03/03/2024 11:49:22 AM PST
by
chopperk
(s to )
To: cdcdawg
Someone needs to send this information over to the thugs running the FBI and Homeland... let them know none of the killers were white middle class Christian men...
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posted on
03/03/2024 11:51:18 AM PST
by
GOPJ
(Question: What are the two things Biden finds at ice cream shops? A. Ice cream and young children.)
To: cdcdawg
Someone needs to send this information over to the thugs running the FBI and Homeland... let them know none of the killers were white middle class Christian men...And NONE OF THE KILLERS WERE TRUMP SUPPORTERS EITHER...
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posted on
03/03/2024 11:52:39 AM PST
by
GOPJ
(Question: What are the two things Biden finds at ice cream shops? A. Ice cream and young children.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
This is the half-time score. Still have all Sunday.
To: cdcdawg
Have you seen these idiots shoot? Firing sideways hits nothing.
To: JennysCool
Actually it’s not projected to drop below the 50s for tonight, so like I said.....the weekend ain’t over yet. 😏
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posted on
03/03/2024 11:59:15 AM PST
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
To: DownInFlames
“Firing sideways hits nothing”
Which is why they all need a 30 round mag.
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posted on
03/03/2024 12:01:25 PM PST
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
To: DownInFlames; cdcdawg
That is a solvable problem.
13
posted on
03/03/2024 12:03:05 PM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Did Margaret Sanger ever have a wild dream about this?
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posted on
03/03/2024 12:06:46 PM PST
by
Nextrush
(FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Don’t ever change Chicongo!
15
posted on
03/03/2024 12:08:37 PM PST
by
wildcard_redneck
(He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
To: cdcdawg
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posted on
03/03/2024 12:09:07 PM PST
by
frank ballenger
(There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
To: wildcard_redneck
LOL
Yeah, we love ya, corrupt and comically hyperviolent as you are.💋💘🚓🚓🚓🚓🚑
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posted on
03/03/2024 12:13:33 PM PST
by
frank ballenger
(There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The problem is —
It’s not OUR guns,
It’s YOUR sons.
18
posted on
03/03/2024 12:20:22 PM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Springtime in Chicago.....
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posted on
03/03/2024 12:21:46 PM PST
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
To: DownInFlames
Not only sideways but held over their head....
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posted on
03/03/2024 12:22:54 PM PST
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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