In 2016, Chicago had 784 homicides and 4,367 shootings, according to data compiled by the Tribune. Of that number, 76 children younger than 15 were shot in the city, three of them fatally. Many of them weren't intended targets or gang members, but were simply caught in the path of bullets. So far this year, shootings are up about 8 percent from 2016, and homicides are down about 20 percent.