Homicides up 55 percent in Chicago after another violent weekend – IOTW Report

Homicides up 55 percent in Chicago after another violent weekend

ChicagoTribune:

For the second weekend in a row, more than 50 people were shot in Chicago as the number of homicides this year rose to more than 50 percent above the same period last year.

More than 660 people have been killed in the city so far this year, according to data compiled by the Tribune. The number of people shot in Chicago this year is more than a thousand above what it was this time last year, from 2,620 to 3,795, according to Tribune data.

From Friday afternoon to late Sunday, 10 people were killed and 41 others were wounded in shootings across Chicago, in addition to a man shot to death by police on Saturday, police said.

Among the wounded was a 78-year-old man who was dragged out of a car in Englewood on Sunday and shot in the head. He was listed in serious condition.

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  1. I live in one of the nicest and supposedly safest areas of Chicago. My husband and I were both jolted awake at 3:30 am on Friday with alarming sounds. We are on the 8th floor. We both thought it was gunshots — about 5 in rapid fire. Learned from our night doorman that it was, indeed, gunfire. The Obamasons, who were just visiting the area I imagine, are on video jumping over a fence behind our building. Gave the video feed to the police. When we had a dog I used to walk her without fear late at night a number of years back. The night doormen in all the buildings, I believed, were like our own watchful eyes 24/7. Now we have cats. They hide under the bed. I may join them.

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