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While Chicago was roiled by another day of protests and looting in the wake of George Floydâs murder, 18 people were killed Sunday, May 31, making it the single most violent day in Chicago in six decades, according to the University of Chicago Crime Lab. The labâs data doesnât go back further than 1961.
From 7 p.m. Friday, May 29, through 11 p.m. Sunday, May 31, 25 people were killed in the city, with another 85 wounded by gunfire, according to data maintained by the Chicago Sun-Times.
In a city with an international reputation for crime â where 900 murders per year were common in the early 1990s â it was the most violent weekend in Chicagoâs modern history, stretching police resources that were already thin because of protests and looting.
âWeâve never seen anything like it, at all,â said Max Kapustin, the senior research director at the crime lab. â ... I donât even know how to put it into context. Itâs beyond anything that weâve ever seen before.â
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While Chicago was roiled by another day of protests and looting in the wake of George Floydâs murder, 18 people were killed Sunday, May 31, making it the single most violent day in Chicago in six decades, according to the University of Chicago Crime Lab. The labâs data doesnât go back further than 1961.
From 7 p.m. Friday, May 29, through 11 p.m. Sunday, May 31, 25 people were killed in the city, with another 85 wounded by gunfire, according to data maintained by the Chicago Sun-Times.
In a city with an international reputation for crime â where 900 murders per year were common in the early 1990s â it was the most violent weekend in Chicagoâs modern history, stretching police resources that were already thin because of protests and looting.
âWeâve never seen anything like it, at all,â said Max Kapustin, the senior research director at the crime lab. â ... I donât even know how to put it into context. Itâs beyond anything that weâve ever seen before.â
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18 murders in 24 hours: Inside the most violent day in 60 years in Chicago
âWeâve never seen anything like it at all,â said Max Kapustin, the senior research director at the University of Chicago Crime Lab.
chicago.suntimes.com