Residents in the country’s third largest city continued to witness a brutal spike in crime over the weekend, when 40 people were shot and 6 murdered in less than 48 hours in Chicago.
“At least 40 people were wounded and six killed in shootings across Chicago over the weekend. A person was shot and killed Sunday in Austin on the West Side, police said. A male was in the 4900-block of West Hubbard Street when three people approached him and one of them opened fire, Chicago police said,” reports ABC Chicago.
Another gun recovered off of the streets of Chicago's North Lawndale area last night. Great job to our 10th district officers for your continuing vigilance pic.twitter.com/we6zLWpger
— 10th District – Ogden (@ChicagoCAPS10) December 6, 2020
At Least 37 Shot, 5 Killed This Weekend In Gun Violence In Chicago https://t.co/JtQtVEcE2l pic.twitter.com/gQIL8K1gYE
— CBS Chicago (@cbschicago) December 7, 2020
“About 4:30 a.m., a 28-year-old man was walking in the 1200-block of West Fry Street when an unknown male approached him on foot, showed a handgun and demanded his belongings, Chicago police said,” adds the channel.
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CHICAGO SPIRALS: 100 People Arrested, 13 Police Injured as Looters Target Windy City’s Tourism District
More than 100 people were arrested overnight Monday and at least 13 officers were injured as hundreds of looters targeted shops in Chicago’s downtown tourism district.
“This was straight up, felony criminal conduct,” said Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. “This was an assault on our city.”
“Those arrested were expected to face charges including looting, disorderly conduct, battery against police. Lightfoot said that the city has activated a neighborhood protection program,” reports the Associated Press. “The unrest began shortly after midnight and anti-police graffiti was seen in the area of the Magnificent Mile, which is one of Chicago’s most-visited tourist attractions. Hours earlier, dozens of people had faced off with police after officers shot and wounded a person Sunday in the Englewood neighborhood, located about 10 miles (16 kilometers) away.”
Bridges raised in Chicago to prevent downtown access after widespread looting breaks out https://t.co/g8x1YPpW4G pic.twitter.com/lLeVPubknE
— The Hill (@thehill) August 10, 2020
? “LOOTING AND CHAOS” ?
Do you feel safer with radical Democrats are in charge? https://t.co/W7XcGw3dRM— Marc Lotter (@marc_lotter) August 10, 2020
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CHICAGO SPIRALS: 13 People Shot, 3 Murdered Within 24 Hours in the Windy City
The plague of gun violence sweeping Chicago sadly continued this week when 13 people were shot and three murdered within a 24 hour period in the nation’s third largest city.
“Thirteen people were shot, three of them fatally, Wednesday in Chicago. One woman was killed and another was wounded in South Shore in the day’s latest fatal attack. About 8:50 p.m., they were in the 7800 block of South Cornell Avenue when they heard shots and felt pain, Chicago police said,” reports the Chicago Sun Times.
A day earlier, 15 people were shot and 2 killed.
“A 28-year-old was struck in the head and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where she died, police said. The other woman, 35, was shot in the foot and refused medical treatment, police said,” adds the newspaper. “Wednesday afternoon, a man was killed in Lawndale on the West Side.”
Mayor Lori Lightfoot routinely blames her city’s gun violence on neighboring states and the Trump administration; claiming the President has “no interest” in protecting Chicago residents.
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