This thread was started in 2014, idiot.
There were more homicides in Chicago prior to Trump being elected than there were in New York and Los Angeles, idiot.
Looks like your break from this place is going swell.
Ummmmm.....it was bumped with the numbers from 2016
this is your monkey poll debacle all over again
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8 Killed, 24 Wounded In Weekend Shootings Across Chicago
January 16, 2017 8:08 AM
CHICAGO (CBS) — Thirty-two people have been shot across the city over the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday weekend, leaving eight dead, according to Chicago Police.
About 1:10 a.m. Monday, a 36-year-old was standing outside in the 2200 block of West Chicago in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood when someone in a black SUV opened fire, striking him in the abdomen, face and left leg. The man was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office did not immediately provide information on the fatality.
About 5:30 a.m. Sunday on the Near West Side, officers responded to a call of a person down and found a man unresponsive on the sidewalk in the 2600 block of West Van Buren. The man, believed to be in his 30s or 40s, suffered a gunshot wound to his head and was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:50 a.m., according to police and the medical examiner’s office.
Earlier Sunday, a 34-year-old man was gunned down in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side. The man was arguing with someone who fired shots at 1:13 a.m. in the 4700 block of West Polk. He was shot in his chest and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said. His name has not been released.
About 6:55 p.m. Saturday, a 26-year-old man was killed in an Austin neighborhood drive-by shooting on the West Side. He was outside in the 5500 block of West Rice when a vehicle drove by and someone inside fired shots. The man, who has not been identified, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and taken to Mount Sinai, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.
Two men, ages 27 and 39, were standing in the street at 8:05 a.m. Saturday in the 1100 block of South Francisco in the Lawndale neighborhood when someone got out of a black car and fired multiple shots, police said. The shooter then got back into the vehicle and drove north on Francisco. The 27-year-old was shot in the head and chest and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:34 a.m, authorities said. The medical examiner’s office has not released his name. The older man suffered a gunshot wound to the back and was also taken to Mount Sinai, where he was listed in good condition.
Another man was killed and a woman was wounded about 3:30 a.m. Saturday in the South Side Englewood neighborhood, where at least five people went into a house in the 6000 block of South Carpenter and shot two people repeatedly, authorities said. Tyrone Blake, 25, of the 6100 block of South Indiana, was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:48 a.m. The 26-year-old woman was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital.
A 20-year-old man was slain shortly before 10 p.m. Friday in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. Devonta Spraggins was driving east on 72nd Street when a white Ford Explorer pulled up to him near Washtenaw Avenue and someone inside the vehicle shot him in the chest, authorities said. Spraggins, who lived a block away in the 7200 block of South Talman, was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 10:22 p.m.
The weekend’s first fatal shooting happened about 4 p.m. Friday in Austin, where a 21-year-old man got into an argument with someone who opened fire in the 600 block of North Central Avenue. The man suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, where he was pronounced dead at 4:18 p.m., authorities said. His identity has not been released.
The weekend’s most recent nonfatal shooting happened early Monday in the West Chatham neighborhood on the South Side. A 28-year-old man was sitting in the passenger seat of a vehicle about 1:45 a.m. parked in the 7500 block of South Wentworth when two males walked up and fired shots, police said. The man was shot in the right hip and later showed up at St. Bernard Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.
Shortly after midnight Sunday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side, Chicago Police officers chased and fatally shot 34-year-old Herbert Johnson, who was armed and suspected of being involved in another shooting nearby, authorities said. A 51-year-old woman was found with a gunshot wound to the chest, a 30-year-old man was shot in the buttocks and a 21-year-old woman suffered a graze wound to the left leg. The Independent Police Review Authority is investigating the officers’ use of force.
At least 18 other people have been shot in Chicago between 4 p.m. Friday and 1:30 a.m. Monday.
Nine people were shot in Chicago last weekend.
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8 Killed, 24 Wounded In Weekend Shootings Across Chicago
January 16, 2017 8:08 AM
CHICAGO (CBS) — Thirty-two people have been shot across the city over the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday weekend, leaving eight dead, according to Chicago Police.
About 1:10 a.m. Monday, a 36-year-old was standing outside in the 2200 block of West Chicago in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood when someone in a black SUV opened fire, striking him in the abdomen, face and left leg. The man was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office did not immediately provide information on the fatality.
About 5:30 a.m. Sunday on the Near West Side, officers responded to a call of a person down and found a man unresponsive on the sidewalk in the 2600 block of West Van Buren. The man, believed to be in his 30s or 40s, suffered a gunshot wound to his head and was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:50 a.m., according to police and the medical examiner’s office.
Earlier Sunday, a 34-year-old man was gunned down in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side. The man was arguing with someone who fired shots at 1:13 a.m. in the 4700 block of West Polk. He was shot in his chest and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said. His name has not been released.
About 6:55 p.m. Saturday, a 26-year-old man was killed in an Austin neighborhood drive-by shooting on the West Side. He was outside in the 5500 block of West Rice when a vehicle drove by and someone inside fired shots. The man, who has not been identified, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and taken to Mount Sinai, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.
Two men, ages 27 and 39, were standing in the street at 8:05 a.m. Saturday in the 1100 block of South Francisco in the Lawndale neighborhood when someone got out of a black car and fired multiple shots, police said. The shooter then got back into the vehicle and drove north on Francisco. The 27-year-old was shot in the head and chest and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:34 a.m, authorities said. The medical examiner’s office has not released his name. The older man suffered a gunshot wound to the back and was also taken to Mount Sinai, where he was listed in good condition.
Another man was killed and a woman was wounded about 3:30 a.m. Saturday in the South Side Englewood neighborhood, where at least five people went into a house in the 6000 block of South Carpenter and shot two people repeatedly, authorities said. Tyrone Blake, 25, of the 6100 block of South Indiana, was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:48 a.m. The 26-year-old woman was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital.
A 20-year-old man was slain shortly before 10 p.m. Friday in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. Devonta Spraggins was driving east on 72nd Street when a white Ford Explorer pulled up to him near Washtenaw Avenue and someone inside the vehicle shot him in the chest, authorities said. Spraggins, who lived a block away in the 7200 block of South Talman, was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 10:22 p.m.
The weekend’s first fatal shooting happened about 4 p.m. Friday in Austin, where a 21-year-old man got into an argument with someone who opened fire in the 600 block of North Central Avenue. The man suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, where he was pronounced dead at 4:18 p.m., authorities said. His identity has not been released.
The weekend’s most recent nonfatal shooting happened early Monday in the West Chatham neighborhood on the South Side. A 28-year-old man was sitting in the passenger seat of a vehicle about 1:45 a.m. parked in the 7500 block of South Wentworth when two males walked up and fired shots, police said. The man was shot in the right hip and later showed up at St. Bernard Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.
Shortly after midnight Sunday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side, Chicago Police officers chased and fatally shot 34-year-old Herbert Johnson, who was armed and suspected of being involved in another shooting nearby, authorities said. A 51-year-old woman was found with a gunshot wound to the chest, a 30-year-old man was shot in the buttocks and a 21-year-old woman suffered a graze wound to the left leg. The Independent Police Review Authority is investigating the officers’ use of force.
At least 18 other people have been shot in Chicago between 4 p.m. Friday and 1:30 a.m. Monday.
Nine people were shot in Chicago last weekend.
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2017. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
5 Killed, 7 Wounded In Valentine’s Day Shootings
February 15, 2017 6:42 AM
CHICAGO (CBS) — At least 12 people were shot across Chicago’s South and West sides on Valentine’s Day, leaving a toddler and four more people dead.
The 2-year-old boy was in a car with his pregnant 25-year-old aunt and a 26-year-old man about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in a North Lawndale neighborhood alley when another vehicle pulled up in the 2300 block of South Kenneth, and someone got out and started shooting, according to Chicago Police.
The toddler, identified as Lavontay White, and the man were both shot in the head and died at Stroger Hospital, authorities said. The woman was shot in the abdomen and taken in fair condition to Mount Sinai Hospital. She had been streaming video on a Facebook Live feed that captured the attack.
February 15, 2017 6:42 AM
CHICAGO (CBS) — At least 12 people were shot across Chicago’s South and West sides on Valentine’s Day, leaving a toddler and four more people dead.
The 2-year-old boy was in a car with his pregnant 25-year-old aunt and a 26-year-old man about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in a North Lawndale neighborhood alley when another vehicle pulled up in the 2300 block of South Kenneth, and someone got out and started shooting, according to Chicago Police.
The toddler, identified as Lavontay White, and the man were both shot in the head and died at Stroger Hospital, authorities said. The woman was shot in the abdomen and taken in fair condition to Mount Sinai Hospital. She had been streaming video on a Facebook Live feed that captured the attack.
well, for whatever reason Chitown has started 2017 off a little behind in their murders. Hope they pick it up post-Valentines Day...
last year they averaged 12/day but only 9/day so far this year. They're slacking
[h=3]YEARLY TOTALS[/h][h=4]JAN. 1, 2017 - FEB. 15, 2017[/h]
[h=4]JAN. 1, 2016 - DEC. 31, 2016[/h]
last year they averaged 12/day but only 9/day so far this year. They're slacking
[h=3]YEARLY TOTALS[/h][h=4]JAN. 1, 2017 - FEB. 15, 2017[/h]
410
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shooting victims
[h=4]JAN. 1, 2016 - DEC. 31, 2016[/h]
4,367
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shooting victims
This just happened 2 and a half hours ago:
An 18-year-old was shot in the head, as well as a 19-year-old. Another victim whose age was not available suffered a wound to the torso and initially was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital. All three of those men have been pronounced dead, police said.
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An 18-year-old was shot in the head, as well as a 19-year-old. Another victim whose age was not available suffered a wound to the torso and initially was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital. All three of those men have been pronounced dead, police said.
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4 Killed, 7 Wounded In Wednesday Shootings Across Chicago
June 29, 2017 6:44 AM
CHICAGO (CBS) — Four people were killed and at least seven others, including a 14-year-old girl, were wounded in shootings Wednesday across the city’s South and West sides.
Two women, ages 32 and 41, were killed in a Washington Park neighborhood shooting about 10:30 p.m. on the South Side. They were driving north in the 5400 block of South Wabash when someone in another vehicle fired shots. Both women suffered gunshot wounds to the head and were pronounced dead at the scene at 10:38 p.m., according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Their names have not been released, pending notification of their families.
Shortly after 7:30 p.m., 16-year-old Jose Mendoza Jr. was shot to death while walking with his brother in the Ashburn neighborhood on the Southwest Side. They were walking east near the intersection of West 79th Street and South Christiana Avenue when people walking nearby started shooting. Mendoza was shot in the back and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 8:04 p.m., authorities said. He lived about a block away from the shooting.
Officers responded to a call of a person shot at 4:28 p.m. and found a 24-year-old man lying on the ground in the 3200 block of West Haddon in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side. The man had been shot in the chest and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:01 p.m., authorities said. The medical examiner’s office has not released the man’s name.
The 14-year-old girl was shot at 10:13 a.m. in a Roseland neighborhood home in the 11500 block of South Normal on the Far South Side, police said. She was shot in the right leg and taken in good condition to Christ Medical Center. Police said the girl was not cooperating with investigators. A police source said she is thought to have been accidentally shot by an acquaintance.
Wednesday’s latest nonfatal shooting happened shortly after 11 p.m. in the West Side Austin neighborhood. A 23-year-old man was standing outside in a group of people in the 4900 block of West Fulton when someone fired shots, striking him in the pelvis and leg, police said. He was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital.
Less than half an hour earlier, a man was wounded in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side. The 18-year-old was standing on a front porch about 10:35 p.m. in the 7800 block of South Aberdeen when a vehicle drove by and someone inside fired shots, police said. He was shot in the hip and taken in good condition to Christ Medical Center.
A 20-year-old man was shot in the abdomen at 8:14 p.m. in the 6500 block of South Ashland in the South Side Englewood neighborhood, police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was listed in fair condition.
About 5:35 p.m., a 23-year-old man was seriously wounded in a West Woodlawn neighborhood shooting on the South Side. Someone fired shots from a dark-colored vehicle while the man was in the 6200 block of South Cottage Grove, striking him in the abdomen, police said. He was taken in serious condition to Stroger Hospital.
One man was shot and another wounded by shattered glass during a shooting about 2:30 p.m. in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood. The 35-year-old man was in the 4000 block of West Division when he was approached by a male who opened fire, police said. The man ran across the street and was struck in the chest, hip and leg. He was taken in critical condition to Mount Sinai Hospital.
A stray bullet struck the window of a passing vehicle, shattering the glass, which cut the 23-year-old driver’s head and arms, police said. He was taken in good condition to Mount Sinai Hospital.
Wednesday’s first shooting happened at 12:36 a.m. in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side. A 24-year-old man was standing on a corner in the 4100 block of South Michigan when a vehicle pulled up and two people got out and opened fire, police said. The man was shot in the leg and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.
On Tuesday, three men were killed and at least 14 other people were wounded in shootings Tuesday across Chicago.
More than 370 people have been shot in the city in June. So far this year, more than 1,725 people have been shot— 306 of them fatally, according to Chicago Sun-Times data.
4 Killed, 7 Wounded In Wednesday Shootings Across Chicago
June 29, 2017 6:44 AM
CHICAGO (CBS) — Four people were killed and at least seven others, including a 14-year-old girl, were wounded in shootings Wednesday across the city’s South and West sides.
Two women, ages 32 and 41, were killed in a Washington Park neighborhood shooting about 10:30 p.m. on the South Side. They were driving north in the 5400 block of South Wabash when someone in another vehicle fired shots. Both women suffered gunshot wounds to the head and were pronounced dead at the scene at 10:38 p.m., according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Their names have not been released, pending notification of their families.
Shortly after 7:30 p.m., 16-year-old Jose Mendoza Jr. was shot to death while walking with his brother in the Ashburn neighborhood on the Southwest Side. They were walking east near the intersection of West 79th Street and South Christiana Avenue when people walking nearby started shooting. Mendoza was shot in the back and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 8:04 p.m., authorities said. He lived about a block away from the shooting.
Officers responded to a call of a person shot at 4:28 p.m. and found a 24-year-old man lying on the ground in the 3200 block of West Haddon in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side. The man had been shot in the chest and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:01 p.m., authorities said. The medical examiner’s office has not released the man’s name.
The 14-year-old girl was shot at 10:13 a.m. in a Roseland neighborhood home in the 11500 block of South Normal on the Far South Side, police said. She was shot in the right leg and taken in good condition to Christ Medical Center. Police said the girl was not cooperating with investigators. A police source said she is thought to have been accidentally shot by an acquaintance.
Wednesday’s latest nonfatal shooting happened shortly after 11 p.m. in the West Side Austin neighborhood. A 23-year-old man was standing outside in a group of people in the 4900 block of West Fulton when someone fired shots, striking him in the pelvis and leg, police said. He was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital.
Less than half an hour earlier, a man was wounded in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side. The 18-year-old was standing on a front porch about 10:35 p.m. in the 7800 block of South Aberdeen when a vehicle drove by and someone inside fired shots, police said. He was shot in the hip and taken in good condition to Christ Medical Center.
A 20-year-old man was shot in the abdomen at 8:14 p.m. in the 6500 block of South Ashland in the South Side Englewood neighborhood, police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was listed in fair condition.
About 5:35 p.m., a 23-year-old man was seriously wounded in a West Woodlawn neighborhood shooting on the South Side. Someone fired shots from a dark-colored vehicle while the man was in the 6200 block of South Cottage Grove, striking him in the abdomen, police said. He was taken in serious condition to Stroger Hospital.
One man was shot and another wounded by shattered glass during a shooting about 2:30 p.m. in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood. The 35-year-old man was in the 4000 block of West Division when he was approached by a male who opened fire, police said. The man ran across the street and was struck in the chest, hip and leg. He was taken in critical condition to Mount Sinai Hospital.
A stray bullet struck the window of a passing vehicle, shattering the glass, which cut the 23-year-old driver’s head and arms, police said. He was taken in good condition to Mount Sinai Hospital.
Wednesday’s first shooting happened at 12:36 a.m. in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side. A 24-year-old man was standing on a corner in the 4100 block of South Michigan when a vehicle pulled up and two people got out and opened fire, police said. The man was shot in the leg and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.
On Tuesday, three men were killed and at least 14 other people were wounded in shootings Tuesday across Chicago.
More than 370 people have been shot in the city in June. So far this year, more than 1,725 people have been shot— 306 of them fatally, according to Chicago Sun-Times data.
