Since 2016, when there were 638 during the first 10 months of that year, there’s been a 34% reduction in slayings. As for total shooting victims, the number of people shot fatally and non-fatally has dropped by 9% this year when compared with the same 10-month period in 2015. Through October of this year, Chicago has had 2,242 people shot compared with 2,471 during the same period four years ago, the statistics show.