Possibly Because Chicago Has No Concealed Carry Rights As Do Most Normal Cities...It's Just Obozo's City, Whaddaya Expect?
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: Two people were killed and 19 others were wounded over 20
: hours in Chicago from Tuesday through early Wednesday, the
: equivalent of someone shot every 58 minutes.
: The period was more violent than the entire previous weekend
: when one person was killed and 14 wounded and ranged
: across the city, from the Northwest Side to downtown to the
: Far South Side.
: The burst of violence included three shootings in the area of
: 63rd Street and Sacramento Avenue within two hours that
: left a man dead and three others wounded, including two
: 16-year-old boys. Five miles away, in the Gresham
: neighborhood, four people were shot in three incidents.
: The number of shootings and homicides in the city is more than
: double what it was the same time last year as Chicago
: experiences its most violent start of a year since the late
: 1990s. More than 500 people have been shot since the first
: of the year, and more than 100 of them have been killed.
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: She gestured at the rows of brick townhouses lining the block.
: Everybodys going to stay in their houses going, I didnt
: see nothing, I didnt see nothing, and keep it that way
: for the rest of their lives.
: A detective drove up just as word spread that the woman had
: died. The cousin began to scream.
: No, please, no, she said, gripping the iron fence and
: hopping up and down. She fell backward, hard onto the
: ground. She brought her cellphone to her ear, then threw it
: over the fence and turned to sit on a fire hydrant.
: Why? Why? Why? she cried.
: The other fatal shooting occurred around 7:50 p.m. in the
: Marquette Park neighborhood. A 31-year-old man was walking
: with a friend in the 6300 block of South Troy Street when
: shots were fired and he fell to the ground.
: He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn
: with a gunshot wound to the back of his head and was
: pronounced dead there.
: Other shootings: A man was shot and seriously wounded in
: front of two restaurants in the River North neighborhood
: about 2:25 p.m. Tuesday, according to Officer Kevin Quaid,
: a Chicago police spokesman.
: Man shot in Chicago's River North neighborhood
: A man was shot about 2:27 p.m. in the 600 block of North Wells
: Street in River North and taken to Northwestern Memorial
: Hospital. Mar. 8, 2016. (WGN-TV)
: The man, who turned 24 on Tuesday, was arguing with another
: man in the 600 block of North Wells Street when the other
: man took out a gun and fired four or five times, hitting
: the victim in the groin, Quaid said. He was taken to
: Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious condition.
: The shooter got into a silver van with temporary license
: plates that fled west on Huron Street toward Kingsbury
: Street, according to police. The gunman was described by
: police as black, around 25, and wearing a blue hooded
: sweatshirt and blue jeans.
: A witness said he was on his bicycle about a block away when
: he heard about five shots and rode over to the shooting. He
: saw a man in his 20s or 30s lying on the ground, his
: abdominal area covered with blood. A woman with the man was
: crying as five or six other people tried to help the
: victim.
: At 4:50 a.m. Wednesday, a 34-year-old man was shot in the Gage
: Park neighborhood, according to preliminary information
: from police. He was in the 5000 block of South Kedzie
: Avenue when he was hit in the leg. He was taken to Mount
: Sinai Hospital and was in good condition.
: Five minutes earlier, a 32-year-old man was shot in the
: Kilbourn Park neighborhood. He was driving in the 3300
: block of North Milwaukee Avenue when another vehicle pulled
: up and someone inside fired shots and he was hit in the
: arm. He went to Community First Medical Center and was
: listed in good condition.
: A 32-year-old man walked into the emergency room at UIC
: Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the back about 2:15
: a.m. He told investigators he had been shot near Blue
: Island and Western avenues, and police later determined he
: was shot in the 2500 block of South Blue Island Avenue. He
: was transferred to Stroger Hospital, where he was in
: serious condition.
: A 23-year-old man was shot at 10:20 p.m. Tuesday in the
: Chicago Lawn neighborhood. He was in the 2800 block of West
: 63rd Street when he was shot in the arm. He was in serious
: condition at Christ Medical Center.
: A 25-year-old man was shot in the left shoulder about 8:30
: p.m. in the West Garfield Park neighborhood, Quaid said.
: The man was wounded in the 4100 block of West Washington
: Boulevard and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his
: condition was stabilized.
: About 8:35 p.m., a 50-year-old man was shot while driving in
: the 11600 block of South Prairie in West Pullman. The man,
: a member of the Black P Stones street gang, was driving
: through Latin Kings territory when a group of people threw
: bottles at his car and shot at him, according to a law
: enforcement source. He was shot in the back and went to
: Roseland Community Hospital, where his condition was
: stabilized.
: Two 16-year-old boys were shot about 8:30 p.m. in the
: Marquette Park neighborhood. Both were shot in the leg in
: the 3000 block of West 64th Street. One went to Mount Sinai
: Hospital and the other went to Holy Cross Hospital. Both
: their conditions were stabilized.
: A 32-year-old man was wounded in the Morgan Park
: neighborhood Tuesday evening. The man walked into
: MetroSouth Medical Center after being shot in the foot in
: the 11500 block of South Marshfield Avenue about 7:35 p.m.
: Two men were wounded in the 3700 block of West Ferdinand
: Avenue in the East Garfield Park neighborhood about 7 p.m.
: A 24-year-old man was shot in the neck and taken to Stoger
: Hospital, while a 26-year-old man was shot in the left leg
: and taken to Norwegian-American Hospital, police said. The
: two men told police they were standing on a corner on
: Ferdinand, "not paying attention," when they
: heard shots and felt pain, Quaid said.
: A 42-year-old man was shot in Gresham a few minutes earlier,
: about 6:45 p.m. He was in the 8800 block of South Wood
: Street when someone in a black SUV fired shots. He was hit
: in the head, arm and shoulder and taken to Christ Medical
: Center in critical condition.
: Two men, 30 and 31, were wounded at 79th Street and Ashland
: Avenue in the Gresham neighborhood, police said. Both were
: shot around 5:45 p.m. and taken to Advocate Christ Medical
: Center. The younger man was hit in the arm, and the older
: man was shot in the hip. At least one of them drove or was
: driven to 71st Street and Western Avenue before the vehicle
: crashed. Police later said a 29-year-old woman suffered a
: graze wound in the shooting, but refused medical attention.
: About 4:40 p.m., a woman, 22, was shot in the Gage Park
: neighborhood, said Officer Thomas Sweeney, a police
: spokesman. The shooting happened in the 2800 block of West
: 57th Street, he said. The woman suffered a back wound and
: was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where she was
: in fair condition.
: About 2:30 p.m., two men suffered minor gunshot wounds in
: the Englewood neighborhood, police said. The shooting
: happened near 57th Street and Laflin Avenue and left a
: 27-year-old man shot in the left foot and a 21-year-old
: shot in the right hand. The two made their way to St.
: Bernard Hospital and Healthcare Center, where they were
: treated for their wounds, police said.
: A 57-year-old man was seriously wounded Tuesday morning in
: the Gresham neighborhood. The shooting happened about 8:40
: a.m. in the 8200 block of South Emerald Avenue, said
: Officer Ana Pacheco, a police spokeswoman. The man was
: wounded in the face and taken in serious condition to
: Stroger Hospital, Pacheco said. No one was in custody.
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