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Chicago shootings: Off-duty officer among 17 shot, 3 fatally, in weekend gun violence, police say
ABC News Local ^ | May 7, 2023 | By ABC7 Chicago Digital Team

Posted on 05/07/2023 6:41:03 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

CHICAGO (WLS) -- At least 17 people have been shot, three fatally, in shootings across Chicago since 6 p.m. Friday. An off-duty Chicago police officer was among those killed.

The CPD officer died after being shot before 2 a.m. Saturday in the 8100-block of South Blackstone Avenue in the Avalon Park neighborhood, police said. The officer was identified as 24-year-old Areanah Preston by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

Two other homicides happened on Friday evening on the South Side in the Englewood and West Englewood neighborhoods.

A 26-year-old man was fatally shot multiple times just before 9:30 p.m. Friday in the 6000-block of South Carpenter Street, police said. There is currently no one in custody, and area detectives are investigating. No more information was immediately available.

Last weekend, 27 people were shot, five fatally.

(Excerpt) Read more at abc7chicago.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: banglist; chicago; crime; democrats; drugs; gangs
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1 posted on 05/07/2023 6:41:03 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Pretty slick the way the Chicago maggots blame all of the violence caused by street scumbags on guns. They’ll never stop the killings with this retarded reasoning. It’s the maggot thugs, STUPID!


2 posted on 05/07/2023 6:55:28 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (We didn't have all this violence when we had God in our schools and AMERICA WAS GREAT!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Thank goodness Chitown has no mass shootings. The distributed shootings are so much healthier for all involved.


3 posted on 05/07/2023 7:03:40 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else…)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

https://blackamericaweb.com › 2022 › 01 › 04 › 80-percent-chicago-homicide-victims-are-black-city-crime-rate-highest-since-1996
80% Of Chicago Homicide Victims Black, City Crime Rate Highest Since ‘96

“According to the medical examiner, Blacks were the victims of 80% of the homicides handled by the office.

More than 1,000 homicides here were gun-related, the office said. ‘Males accounted for 88% of homicide deaths,’ the office reported in a statement. ‘Eighty-six homicide deaths were under 18; 12 were under the age of 10.’

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America must GET OVER the BLAME, aided and abetted by American Corporate media, that BLACKS murdering each other is WHITEY’s fault and start TALKING about a PLAN to stop the genocide that is designed to SUCCEED.

Such a plan will necessarily have to include MARTIAL LAW in these black neighborhoods which means an American Army or Marine General calls ALL THE SHOTS NOT a Chicago City Council or mayor.


4 posted on 05/07/2023 7:05:13 AM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“no one in custody, and area detectives are investigating”

Imagine a never-ending stream of investigations, five to ten every week. How many get cleared?


5 posted on 05/07/2023 7:05:39 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else…)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

4 shot, 4 dead in Indy

They have a better shot/kill ratio


6 posted on 05/07/2023 7:06:14 AM PDT by digger48
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

...I forgot to say, in my previous post on this thread, that “the bill” for a marine or army MARTIAL LAW force in Chicago should be sent to the Democratic Party NOT the American taxpayer.


7 posted on 05/07/2023 7:08:58 AM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The roar of apathy from the left is deafening. Lives lost that can’t be exploited to advance the political narrative are just meaningless statistics.


8 posted on 05/07/2023 7:16:56 AM PDT by Spok (“Winston, how many fingers am I holding up?”)
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To: digger48

Maybe those in Indy haven’t learned how to hold the gun sideways and up over their head yet...


9 posted on 05/07/2023 7:26:19 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

40-50%, max.


10 posted on 05/07/2023 7:32:35 AM PDT by john drake (Lucius Accius-Roman,170 BC - "oderint dum metuant" translated "Let them hate so long as they fear")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It’s Operation Fast & Furious. Obama’s brain child. It’s why they’re not doing about the violence. Let’s discredit the first and second amendment. They’re really bad things, don’tcha know.


11 posted on 05/07/2023 7:34:55 AM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Hey Jackass! shows 3 / 18. I trust their numbers more than the Chicago PD or governments.

https://heyjackass.com/


12 posted on 05/07/2023 7:36:29 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Run stats at https://heyjackass.com.
13 posted on 05/07/2023 7:42:37 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

No blacks killed by whites, so no mass protests.


14 posted on 05/07/2023 7:45:18 AM PDT by Angelino97
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Chicagfrica weekly kill data:

https://heyjackass.com/


15 posted on 05/07/2023 8:09:48 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (They’re not after me! They’re after you! I’m just in the way!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Imagine a never-ending stream of investigations, five to ten every week. How many get cleared?

That's not the point. The point is every one of those detectives probably earns a good salary plus bribes and a lucrative pension.

Ka-ching, Baby!

16 posted on 05/07/2023 8:27:21 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Agreed. If 17 were shot in one event, it’s obvious that a sawed off AK-15 with a 90 round clip bullet hose was used. This is just gang stuff. It happens all the time in big cities. It’s normal.


17 posted on 05/07/2023 8:27:22 AM PDT by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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To: john drake

I did some research. It looks like a third get cleared.


18 posted on 05/07/2023 9:14:39 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else…)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Savages.


19 posted on 05/07/2023 9:55:47 AM PDT by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: FlingWingFlyer; All

How can they blame guns? Guns are outlawed in Chicago. The entire city is a Gun Free zone.


20 posted on 05/07/2023 11:37:26 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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