One city, 40 shootings so far this weekend
Chicago is experiencing a weekend of shootings.
A string of nearly two dozen shootings on the West Side has pushed the number of people shot during the Memorial Day weekend to at least 40, with two more days to go.
As of early Sunday morning, the toll stood at four dead and 36 wounded across the city, including a 15-year-girl shot to death as she rode in a Jeep on Lake Shore Drive near Fullerton Avenue, police said. Last year, 12 people were killed and 44 people were wounded over the holiday weekend.
Nineteen of those shot this weekend were wounded in or within a half-mile of the Harrison District on the West Side, police said. The district, one of the city’s most violent, is average-sized but has more officers assigned to it than almost any other in the city. It is frequently the target of both prolonged drug operations and short-term extra patrols over holiday weekends.
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10 responses to One city, 40 shootings so far this weekend
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Buford2k11 May 30th, 2016 at 07:52
Hmm…thank you NRA…May all your firearms rust and misfire…may all the hate and fear you generate, turn on you and your monster of a CEO…may all republicans in congress be held responsible for the blood being spilled by gun violence…may the gop rot in Hell…
Suzanne McFly May 30th, 2016 at 10:03
You’re not alone with your wishes.
Buford2k11 May 30th, 2016 at 10:27
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/79b683739786e5068e2f504ed0004da3e19b67036ec7a45093ea47b9254e2908.jpg
Suzanne McFly May 30th, 2016 at 11:10
Our lives can be complicated but it is always great to realize how beautiful the world is. Thank you for sharing :)
Buford2k11 May 30th, 2016 at 11:19
you are welcome…after a lifetime of work, play, and living a full life, one misses some of Mother Nature’s true beauty…Working underground has a way of giving one a perspective un-imagined while living in the moment…Now, I have the time and opportunity to “stop and smell the roses” before I move on to the next plane of existence…as my older brother used to say…but speaking of roses… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/34ebfe940328cd5588a3eed9add789a000884680f1a5c70227185f0ff02d5ea3.jpg
Suzanne McFly May 30th, 2016 at 11:27
When my puppy needs to go outside, sometimes I become upset. I am working on a paper or I finally get to sit down and put my feet up and all the sudden, he wants to go pee pee. I get up and bring him out, we have a path we walk down and I look around thinking WTF is wrong with me? I am inside missing all of this beauty, it is due to my puppies that I get to be reminded of this, that is one of the many reasons they are my angels.
Buford2k11 May 30th, 2016 at 11:55
ah yes….they know….
Mensa Member May 30th, 2016 at 11:43
Focusing on Chicago gun deaths is a right wing meme. They want to obfuscate the fact that states with the least gun regulation have higher gun death rates:
Alaska, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Montana, Wyoming, Oklahoma — they are all worse than Illinois. And none require a permit to buy a gun.
So, focus on Chicago.
Bunya May 30th, 2016 at 23:33
I agree, especially when someone from Chicago has only to drive 30 minutes into Indiana and purchase a firearm for a song. I think Chicago wouldn’t have the gun problem it has if Indiana wasn’t so lax with their gun laws.
robert May 30th, 2016 at 18:42
No such thing as gun smugglers unless you read the news…
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/four-arrested-in-multi-state-gun-smuggling-ring/
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/largest-seizure-illegal-guns-announced-article-1.1430629
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/10-00-guns-found-sc-home-alleged-drug-dealer-article-1.2411256