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Chicago sees its most violent week of the year: 9 killed, 76 wounded

Chicago Tribune ^ | May 7, 2018 | by Staff

Posted on by Oldeconomybuyer

The last seven days in Chicago have been the most violent week of the year, with just three police districts on the West Side bearing the brunt of the recent violence, according to data kept by the Tribune.

At least 85 people were shot between Monday, April 30, and this past Sunday, including a 4-year-old girl, a 12-year-old boy, a 15-year-old on a CTA bus, a young mother, several other young teens, a federal agent and two relatives of a gunshot victim waiting outside a hospital.

Of those shot, at least nine died.

The city had been averaging about 42 shootings each week this year, according to Tribune data. With last weeks shootings, the average rises to almost 45 people a week. The least violent period was the week of Feb. 5, when 16 people were shot in Chicago.

Nearly half of those shot in the last week were hit by gunfire in three police districts that have long been troubled by violence: Harrison, Ogden and Austin.

The recent burst of violence brings the number of people shot in the city this year to at least 804, according to data kept by the Tribune. That's below the previous two years, when violence hit record levels. Last year at this time, 1,087 people had been shot. In 2016, the number was 1,199. But this year's numbers are still substantially higher than other recent years.

Homicides have followed the same pattern, with at least 161 this year. That compares to 198 this time last year, and 205 in 2016, according to Tribune data.



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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Feral descendants of Mrs. O’Learys cow again.



To: Oldeconomybuyer

Good thing they are such terrible shots, the death toll would be much higher if they weren’t.



by 3 posted onby Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)

To: Oldeconomybuyer

It’s Chicago Who gives a damn about that hell hole



by 4 posted onby Thibodeaux (Long Live the Republic!)

To: Oldeconomybuyer

Huh. We were just discussing the abysmal killed to wounded ratio. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3653255/posts Apparently the Chicago teens aim to maim. Not kill. Ain’t that nice of them. Bless their hearts.



To: Oldeconomybuyer

Rahms crisis not going to waste.



by 6 posted onby A_Former_Democrat (Hey brainwashed students . . . where's your "outrage" @FBI? @BrowardSheriff? DO SOMETHING!!)

To: Lurkinanloomin

Sanctuary Gun City of the Demoncrats



To: Lurkinanloomin

Hogg......crickets...... Apparently no ARs were used so, meh. No parade/march required. Or,he’s recovering from the party in Dallas this past weekend.



by 8 posted onby rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)

To: Oldeconomybuyer

Good thing guns are outlawed in Chicago, else somebody might get hurt...............



by 9 posted onby Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)

To: Oldeconomybuyer

It’s refreshing to see Chicago ‘giving the protesters’ of law and order ‘room’ to protest. Said in the spirit of the Philadelphia Mayor of a year or so ago.



by 10 posted onby Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)

To: Lurkinanloomin

“Good thing they are such terrible shots, the death toll would be much higher if they werent.” There are neighborhoods where they don’t want to try their crap....it would be 76 for 76.



To: mplc51

When was the last time a Republican Chicago mayor was in office?....................1931 William Hale Thompson (May 14, 1869  March 19, 1944) was an American politician, mayor of Chicago for three terms, from 1915 to 1923 and again from 1927 to 1931. Known as “Big Bill” Thompson, he is the last Republican to serve as mayor of Chicago to date.



by 12 posted onby Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)

To: Balding_Eagle

Baltimore mayor.



To: Oldeconomybuyer

Almost as important as aborted babies... by the Media. What will Ennamuel does 🤫🤥



To: Oldeconomybuyer

Has Mayor Rahm jumped on the blame NRA bandwagon yet?



by 15 posted onby PROCON (Repeal the Gun-Free School Zone Act, Protect Our Children!)

To: Oldeconomybuyer

What does Boss Hogg have to say?



by 16 posted onby shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)

To: Responsibility2nd

Who pays the medical bills?



To: Oldeconomybuyer

The first full warm week of the year. That’s why. Happens every spring.



by 18 posted onby usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))

To: Red Badger

Good thing guns are outlawed in Chicago, else somebody might get hurt............... You really need to learn the facts. Guns aren't outlawed in Chicago and haven't been for over four years. Catch up ....



by 19 posted onby usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))

To: Balding_Eagle

It was a Baltimore mayor. FWIW. As if there’s a difference.



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