At first, the 2016 murder figures for gun-controlled Chicago drew attention by hitting 500, which was 32 higher than the total number of murders in 2015. Then the number of murders rose to 700, followed by a Chicago Tribune report that
Over 40 people were shot, “11 fatally,” over the Christmas weekend in gun-controlled Chicago.
The death toll from Chicago gun violence is so high that it is skewing national murder figures, making violence appear more ubiquitous than it actually is.
Over 730 homicides were committed between January 1, 2016, and December 6, 2016 in gun-controlled Chicago.
According to the Chicago Tribune, the Thanksgiving holiday weekend violence brings Chicago to nearly 4,000 shooting victims for the year. That figure includes fatal and non-fatal shootings.
A gun store owner in the Chicago neighborhood of Bucktown is giving away pepper spray as a way to fight surging crime in his community.
Gun-controlled Chicago is fast-approaching 4,000 shooting victims year-to-date for 2016.
Weekend violence similar to that which has been witnessed weekend after weekend throughout 2016 has now propelled gun controlled-Chicago past 600 homicides year-to-date.
Chicago police report ‘at least 19 people were shot’ and six persons killed from Friday night to Saturday morning in gun-controlled Chicago.
According to CBS Chicago, “a 22-year-old man was sitting in a vehicle with another male…when two other males armed with handguns walked up and announced a robbery.” Police said the 22-year-old “then pulled out a gun and shot one of the [robbery suspects],” who died at the scene.
Gun-controlled Chicago emerged from another weekend of gun violence on Sept. 12 with a total of 3,033 shooting victims year-to-date, which is roughly 50 more shooting victims than the city witnessed in all of 2015.
On Sunday, The Guardian reported the Chicago Police Department had made arrests for “under four percent” of the “nearly 2,000 non-fatal shooting incidents” from January 1 through August 28.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that 13 were killed and another 52 were shot and wounded over the weekend. The Chicago Tribune reports that this brings the city’s homicide totals to 512 dead, with nearly four months left to go in 2016. There were 468 homicides in Chicago throughout all of 2015.
During a September 2 interview with ABC News, Chicago Bulls star Dwyane Wade commented on the shooting death of his cousin by describing Chicago gun laws as too “weak” and suggesting the police “can do a lot better.”
The violence in gun-controlled Chicago has now hit such levels that “nearly 12” people have been shot every day in 2016.
Illinois state representative Sonya Harper (D-6th) is pushing to require serial numbers on all bullets sold in the state as a way to fight gun violence in Chicago. She introduced the measure on Tuesday. According to Fox 32, Harper said,
According to ABC News, this puts Chicago on track to tie–if not surpass–some high water marks for murder that the city hoped it would never see again. For example, the homicide rate “topped 600 in 2003”–a high point which is easily within reach this year. And the 513 killed in 2008 are almost certainly to be eclipsed by the end of 2016.
During an August 31 appearance on CNN’s New Day, former professional tennis player James Blake conceded that gangs are the real problem behind Chicago gun violence but said more gun control should be passed anyway.
Fifty-seven people where shot and wounded and 10 were killed as another weekend came and went in gun-controlled Chicago.
Between Friday evening and Monday morning, 52 people were shot in gun-controlled Chicago, nine of whom died.
Early Sunday morning 19-year-old Arshell Dennis–the son of Chicago police officer–was shot and killed on Chicago’s Far South Side. Officers responding to the scene found Dennis “and another man, age 20, wounded by gunfire.”
One month after saying he would not press for more gun control, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer (D) is calling for the ability to break with the pro-gun attitude of Kentucky and enact more gun controls in the City of Louisville.
Since January 1, gun-controlled Chicago has had more homicides than Los Angeles and New York combined.
Fifty-one persons were shot, seven fatally, over the weekend in heavily gun-controlled Chicago.
Another holiday brought another slaughter of innocents in heavily gun-controlled Chicago. Fifty-six people were shot during Father’s Day weekend, and 13 of those shooting victims died.
Between Thursday morning and 6:29 a.m. Friday, approximately 21 people were shot, 1 stabbed, and 1 killed in gun-controlled Chicago.
During the first ten days of 2016, “three times as many people were shot in Chicago” as were shot over that same period in 2015.
