Three people, including a 15-year-old boy, were killed and at least 30 others were wounded in shootings over the weekend.
From Friday afternoon through early Saturday morning, 13 people were wounded in shootings on the city's South and West sides, police said.
And another 14 people, including Demario Bailey, were shot from Saturday through Sunday morning. From Sunday afternoon through Sunday night, four people were wounded in shootings.
3 dead 30 wounded in weekend shootings - Chicago Tribune
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Fact Tank - Our Lives in Numbers
July 14, 2014
Despite recent shootings, Chicago nowhere near U.S. ‘murder capital’
According to the FBI figures, Flint, Mich., had the highest murder rate of any sizeable U.S. city in 2012, the most recent year available. There were 62 murders per 100,000 population (which, coincidentally, was just about Flint’s estimated population that year). Trailing Flint were Detroit (54.6 murders per 100,000), New Orleans (53.2 per 100,000) and Jackson, Miss., (35.8 per 100,000). Chicago, whose population is several times bigger than any of those cities, came in 21st, with 18.5 murders per 100,000 — nearly quadruple the national average, true, but still nowhere near the highest in the country.Despite recent shootings Chicago nowhere near U.S. 8216 murder capital 8217 Pew Research Center
Hmm. Look at that. Every one of those areas has been dominated by Democrat party control for decades. Every. Single. One.