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2016 Off To A Bloody Start as Shootings Double: 42 People Killed, 210 Hurt (Chicago)
dnainfo.com ^ | Jan. 28, 2016 | Kelly Bauer

Posted on 01/28/2016 11:00:37 AM PST by PROCON

CHICAGO - Forty-two people have been killed and 210 wounded so far in January, almost doubling last year's numbers.

It was the most violent January in years, according to DNAinfo Chicago data: In all, there were 199 shootings Jan. 1-25, while there were just 100 shootings over the same period last year. The data doesn't include the victims of violence from Tuesday into Wednesday, when three people were killed and another wounded.

Through early Tuesday, 42 people had been shot dead and 210 wounded, while last January saw 22 people dead and 98 wounded in shootings. On Monday alone, five people were shot and killed in just 11 hours.

The month of soaring shooting numbers follows a rise in gun violence throughout all of 2015. Last year saw 2,427 shootings and 468 homicides, the highest those numbers have been since 2012, when the city had 2,451 shootings and 506 homicides.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: banglist; chicago; shootings; violence
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A further breakdown of the Chicago murder/wounded statistics HERE, including the popular "2016 Shot-in-the-Ass-O-Meter."

Of course if Chicago had another hundred or so new gun control laws, these senseless shootings would never have happened.

1 posted on 01/28/2016 11:00:37 AM PST by PROCON
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To: PROCON

don’t jump for joy ... the month ain’t over yet


2 posted on 01/28/2016 11:04:14 AM PST by TheRightGuy (I want MY BAILOUT ... a billion or two should do!)
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To: PROCON

Black lives matter (except in Chicago).


3 posted on 01/28/2016 11:04:29 AM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to to God!)
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To: PROCON

Why are these gangs not being slaughtered by home land security ( our new national police force) because they are terrorists? Why?


4 posted on 01/28/2016 11:05:06 AM PST by WENDLE (Trump is not bought . He is no puppet.)
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To: PROCON

And that’s when the average temperature is about 22 Deg. F

Wait until the spring and summer.

It will look like Damascus.


5 posted on 01/28/2016 11:05:28 AM PST by PGR88
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To: PGR88

Chicago must be run by those evil republicans who hate black people.....oh, wait!


6 posted on 01/28/2016 11:08:23 AM PST by PROCON (Proud CRUZader!)
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To: PROCON
Full stats here!
7 posted on 01/28/2016 11:09:24 AM PST by TheRightGuy (I want MY BAILOUT ... a billion or two should do!)
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To: PROCON

It’s all the fault of us folks in Indiana.
Caliph Baraq said that’s where all his boys get the guns that shoot all his other boys.


8 posted on 01/28/2016 11:10:06 AM PST by nascarnation
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To: PROCON

I wise Black friend told me those who are worth a damn to the United States and are smart who grow up in the hood, try hard as hell to leave it and if they do they cut themselves off and move on in life, now I know why.


9 posted on 01/28/2016 11:10:54 AM PST by the_individual2014
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To: PROCON

How about some statistics?


10 posted on 01/28/2016 11:13:05 AM PST by saintgermaine (The Time Traveler)
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To: TheRightGuy
Oopps, here it is.
11 posted on 01/28/2016 11:13:06 AM PST by TheRightGuy (I want MY BAILOUT ... a billion or two should do!)
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To: PROCON

I’m surprised there are people still alive in that city.


12 posted on 01/28/2016 11:13:08 AM PST by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: nascarnation

Yeah, you all should be ashamed of yourselves tempting those poor yutes there to buy guns instead of playing midnight basketball!


13 posted on 01/28/2016 11:13:28 AM PST by PROCON (Proud CRUZader!)
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14 posted on 01/28/2016 11:14:34 AM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: saintgermaine

all the stats you could ever want on link at #11


15 posted on 01/28/2016 11:14:34 AM PST by TheRightGuy (I want MY BAILOUT ... a billion or two should do!)
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To: saintgermaine
You want stats? Here
16 posted on 01/28/2016 11:15:18 AM PST by PROCON (Proud CRUZader!)
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To: TheRightGuy

Only 42 killed out of over 250 shot, sounds like they need more range time in Chi-Town.


17 posted on 01/28/2016 11:15:19 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: TheRightGuy
LOL


18 posted on 01/28/2016 11:16:35 AM PST by PROCON (Proud CRUZader!)
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To: dfwgator

I don’t think all of them are intended to be kill shots.
Just boys tryin’ to avenge being “disrespected”


19 posted on 01/28/2016 11:16:36 AM PST by nascarnation
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To: PROCON

it’s a fun place to live


20 posted on 01/28/2016 11:18:22 AM PST by TheRightGuy (I want MY BAILOUT ... a billion or two should do!)
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