23 shot in Chicago on Friday

[novasteve]

5 dead, 18 wounded in shootings citywide

Maybe more gun laws will reduce this?

 

[HenryBHough]

Weekend shaping up to be abnormally quiet?

C'mon, Rahmmaobama, you can do better....

 

[DarkFury]

Of course if it turns out that it was ALL Negro on Negro crime that would be racist.

 

[tinydancer]

I thought it was 69 in 72 hours.

 

[tinydancer]

Of course if it turns out that it was ALL Negro on Negro crime that would be racist.

Ok that explains the stats I put up.

 

[Hossfly]

WE need stricter gun laws, thorough background checks, more parental control and more cowbells.

 

[waltky]

Violent 4th of July weekend in Chicago...

64 Shot Over Holiday Weekend in Chicago
Jul 5, 2016 — Independence Day weekend shootings in Chicago left 64 people wounded, four fatally, with a period of 15 hours Monday into Tuesday that accounted for half of the weekend’s victims.

Twenty-eight of those shot were wounded after Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson spoke of progress at a Monday night press conference about 8 p.m., including the weekend’s youngest victims. Among the wounded: a 5-year-old and 7-year-old shot in West Englewood while lighting fireworks, an 11-year-old whose wound was first thought to be caused by fireworks, and a 15-year-old left in critical condition after he was shot leaving a store. “While we’ve seen violence in areas that have historically been a challenge, so far there’s been a decrease compared to the last few years, and we’re hopeful that we can continue (the) trend for the remainder of the Fourth of July weekend,” Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson told reporters Monday in Washington Park.

Members of the Chicago Police Department work the scene of a shooting near the intersection of South Morgan Street and West 97th Street in Chicago​

While Johnson praised the department’s efforts, he said the city is not looking at the crime numbers as a success. “We’re making progress, it’s not success yet,” Johnson said. “But this goes a long way, I think, to let everybody know we are focusing on the right individuals.” The shootings included eight multiple-victim incidents, including the West Englewood shooting that left the children shot. Two adults with them were also shot. All four had their conditions stabilized — the children at Comer Children’s Hospital and the adults at the University of Chicago Hospital. They were shot in the 5500 block of South Hermitage Avenue about 11 p.m. Monday.

Two people were shot to death during the hectic afternoon-into-morning period late Monday and early Tuesday. A man was found shot to death in the South Shore neighborhood after police and paramedics were called to traffic crash with an ejected occupant. Police found no evidence of a crash and believe the man may have been pushed out of a car after he was shot. Another man was shot to death in the Humboldt Park neighborhood in an attack that left two women nearby wounded. A fifth person killed over the weekend was stabbed in a domestic-related incident, police said.

At Least 64 Shot Over Holiday Weekend in Chicago | Officer.com

 

[Fueri]

Averaged 15 shootings a day in June.

 

[waltky]

Chicago - as violent as ever...

47 People Shot in Chicago Over Weekend
July 25, 2016 | Forty-seven people were shot in Chicago over the weekend, five of them fatally, as the pace of gun violence in the city has pushed the number of victims to nearly 2,300 this year.

So far this year, the number of people shot in Chicago is at least 740 higher than last year at this time, the data show. The city has had at least 268 homicides so far this year, which is about 105 more homicides than this time last year.

--At least 19 people were shot, two fatally, during a 14-hour period between 4:30 p.m. Friday and 6:45 a.m. Saturday, police said.

--Two more people were killed and eight others were hurt in shootings from Saturday evening to early Sunday.

--Another fatal shooting happened Sunday afternoon, and 16 others were wounded between Sunday afternoon and early Monday.

In the last shooting of the weekend, an off-duty civilian employee with the Chicago Police Department shot and wounded a person who tried to rob him in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side, police said. A robber approached the employee, a 57-year-old detention aide, in the 1300 block of South Sawyer Avenue shortly before 6 a.m. and the employee shot him, according to a police statement.

47 People Shot, Five Fatally, in Chicago Over Weekend | Officer.com

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Tourniquet Helped Save Shot Chicago Cop
July 24, 2016 - The wounded officer was able to apply a tourniquet to his leg with the help of his partner, probably saving his life.

A Chicago police officer has been released from the hospital after he was wounded in an exchange of gunfire that killed a man who had been "acting erratically" at a park in the Prairie District neighborhood on the Near South Side, according to authorities. Other officers took the officer to Northwestern Memorial Hospital after he was shot in the leg at Battle of Fort Dearborn Park in the 1800 block of South Calumet Avenue around 8 p.m., police said. He was released overnight. The man killed by police was identified Friday morning as Derek Love, 50. He was pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital at 8:49 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. Family members said he had been visiting his mother who lives nearby and was headed to his home in Bronzeville about two miles away.

The shooting occurred after bicycle officers were told by someone that a man was "acting erratically" in the park, according to Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, speaking outside the hospital. Officers went to the park and found Love on his cellphone. The officers asked him to get off the phone and talk to them, but instead he reached into a backpack and started firing, Johnson said. The officers returned fire, hitting the man, Johnson said. The wounded officer was able to apply a tourniquet to his leg with the help of his partner, probably saving his life, Johnson said. The officer had received training in emergency medical treatment, Johnson said.

The wounded officer is a 17-year veteran of the force assigned to bike patrol in the Central District, Johnson said. "People like to second-guess, but these officers have a split second to decide whether to use deadly force," Johnson said. At the scene, several squad cars, marked and unmarked, sat in the street near the park, which was cordoned off in yellow tape. The area of 18th Street and Calumet Avenue in the historic Prairie Avenue District is dotted with townhomes and some high-rises. A police command van sat at 18th and Calumet, where a police-issued light truck also sat, shining a white beam onto the a grassy area of the park.

Uniformed officers and detectives could be seen in the park. Detectives were also seen walking through a nearby tunnel, which leads to a Metra train station and Soldier Field. Bicyclists traveled through the tunnel as pouring rain, strong wind gusts and booming thunder hit the area. Two soaking wet, uniformed officers sought refuge in the tunnel, checking out their cellphones as large puddles started to form. On Calumet before the rain, several onlookers, including one with a dog, gazed at the police activity. Pat Christophersen and her daughter, Carly, were among the small crowd. They curiously walked down the block from their high-rise.

Pat Christophersen said her son and his girlfriend had just left her building, rode their bicycles toward the park and saw someone lying on the ground. She said lots of people walk their dogs around there, including her. That's where she usually takes her boxer, Molly. She's also used to seeing lots of police officers around, as well as Bears fans walking to and from Soldier Field. Aside from warnings she's received from her building about garage burglaries in the neighborhood, she knows the shooting of the officer was an isolated incident. With the recent shootings of police officers all over the country, Christopherson, 60, said that Thursday night's shooting couldn't have come at a worse time.

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[Rustic]

5 dead, 18 wounded in shootings citywide

Maybe more gun laws will reduce this?

Once more ignored by commander asshat Barry... Lol
What a spineless weasel

 

[WillowTree]

Well tonight is hug a thug nite at the DNC!