10 dead 55 injured - Chicago 4th weekend. - 07/07/15
Almost forgot to check the death toll. No Confederate flags involved either.
[quote]10 killed, 55 wounded in Fourth of July gun violence in Chicago
Austin shooting
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Austin shooting
Anthony Souffle, Chicago Tribune
Police stand guard over the scene where a 23-year-old man was shot in the face in the early morning July 6, 2015, near Ferdinand Street and Cicero Avenue in Chicago's Austin community.
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Standing guard
Anthony Souffle, Chicago Tribune
Police stand guard at the scene where a 23-year-old man was shot in the face early July 6, 2015, near Ferdinand Street and Cicero Avenue in Austin.
By Peter Nickeas
Chicago Tribune
contact the reporter Garry McCarthy Hadiya Pendleton
Shootings over the Fourth of July weekend left 10 people dead and 55 others wounded, a toll lower than last year but one marked by an intense stretch of gun violence over eight hours on one of the nights.
lRelated 3 killed, 27 wounded over eight hours in Chicago, including boy, 7
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Mayor Emanuel and CPD Superintendent McCarthy respond to a violent Fourth of July weekend
Mayor Emanuel and CPD Superintendent McCarthy respond July 6, 2015, to another violent weekend after increased security efforts by Chicago police. The youngest victim of this past weekend’s gun violence was a 7-year-old boy; police say the boy's father was the intended target. (WGN TV)
Among those killed was 7-year-old Amari Brown, shot in the chest as he watched fireworks near his father's home in Humboldt Park late Saturday night. Police say they believe the attack was aimed at the father, whom they described as a ranking gang member.
Also gunned down was 17-year-old Vonzell Banks, who was shot as he played basketball Friday at a park named for Hadiya Pendleton, a high school student fatally shot in 2013 near President Barack Obama's Chicago home.
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@rlawrence You have to take into account the advances in medical technology, EMS capabilities and response times, and 911 cellular response elements into that equation to give those numbers a realistic contrast... If we had 1970s medical response tech the murder rate would double. The best...
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The wounded included a 16-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl shot shortly after midnight Sunday as they walked in Old Town, and a 19-year-old man shot around 10 p.m. Saturday as two groups fought near Navy Pier after the fireworks display there.
The violence peaked from dusk Saturday until dawn Sunday, when 30 people were shot across Chicago -- nearly half the total for the entire weekend, measured from 3 p.m. Thursday until just before dawn Monday.
Editorial: From Sandy Hook to Charleston to Chicago
Editorial: From Sandy Hook to Charleston to Chicago
Last Fourth of July, 82 people were shot, 16 of them fatally, over 84 hours. Five of those shot were wounded by police. There were no police-involved shootings this year.
The shootings this Fourth of July were primarily scattered across the South and West sides.
Englewood -- the police district with more shootings than any other in the city so far this year -- did not have a single person shot over the holiday weekend.
A number of other neighborhoods saw several shootings: Little Village, four people shot; Back of the Yards, six shot; and the Austin neighborhood, eight people shot.
Two North Side neighborhoods -- Old Irving Park and Albany Park -- each had shootings in which three people were wounded. One man died in the Albany Park shooting./quote]
[quote]10 killed, 55 wounded in Fourth of July gun violence in Chicago
Austin shooting
CAPTION
Austin shooting
Anthony Souffle, Chicago Tribune
Police stand guard over the scene where a 23-year-old man was shot in the face in the early morning July 6, 2015, near Ferdinand Street and Cicero Avenue in Chicago's Austin community.
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Standing guard
Anthony Souffle, Chicago Tribune
Police stand guard at the scene where a 23-year-old man was shot in the face early July 6, 2015, near Ferdinand Street and Cicero Avenue in Austin.
By Peter Nickeas
Chicago Tribune
contact the reporter Garry McCarthy Hadiya Pendleton
Shootings over the Fourth of July weekend left 10 people dead and 55 others wounded, a toll lower than last year but one marked by an intense stretch of gun violence over eight hours on one of the nights.
lRelated 3 killed, 27 wounded over eight hours in Chicago, including boy, 7
BREAKING NEWS
3 killed, 27 wounded over eight hours in Chicago, including boy, 7
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Mayor Emanuel and CPD Superintendent McCarthy respond to a violent Fourth of July weekend
Mayor Emanuel and CPD Superintendent McCarthy respond July 6, 2015, to another violent weekend after increased security efforts by Chicago police. The youngest victim of this past weekend’s gun violence was a 7-year-old boy; police say the boy's father was the intended target. (WGN TV)
Among those killed was 7-year-old Amari Brown, shot in the chest as he watched fireworks near his father's home in Humboldt Park late Saturday night. Police say they believe the attack was aimed at the father, whom they described as a ranking gang member.
Also gunned down was 17-year-old Vonzell Banks, who was shot as he played basketball Friday at a park named for Hadiya Pendleton, a high school student fatally shot in 2013 near President Barack Obama's Chicago home.
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@rlawrence You have to take into account the advances in medical technology, EMS capabilities and response times, and 911 cellular response elements into that equation to give those numbers a realistic contrast... If we had 1970s medical response tech the murder rate would double. The best...
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The wounded included a 16-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl shot shortly after midnight Sunday as they walked in Old Town, and a 19-year-old man shot around 10 p.m. Saturday as two groups fought near Navy Pier after the fireworks display there.
The violence peaked from dusk Saturday until dawn Sunday, when 30 people were shot across Chicago -- nearly half the total for the entire weekend, measured from 3 p.m. Thursday until just before dawn Monday.
Editorial: From Sandy Hook to Charleston to Chicago
Editorial: From Sandy Hook to Charleston to Chicago
Last Fourth of July, 82 people were shot, 16 of them fatally, over 84 hours. Five of those shot were wounded by police. There were no police-involved shootings this year.
The shootings this Fourth of July were primarily scattered across the South and West sides.
Englewood -- the police district with more shootings than any other in the city so far this year -- did not have a single person shot over the holiday weekend.
A number of other neighborhoods saw several shootings: Little Village, four people shot; Back of the Yards, six shot; and the Austin neighborhood, eight people shot.
Two North Side neighborhoods -- Old Irving Park and Albany Park -- each had shootings in which three people were wounded. One man died in the Albany Park shooting./quote]
