WTTW reported a Chicago Police Department figure showing there were 3,258 shooting victims in Chicago during the first 11 months of 2022. That figure includes victims in fatal and non-fatal shootings.
If we isolate fatal shootings, 637 people were shot and killed January through November.
There were 208 shootings in Chicago during November alone, and 54 homicides, in a city where crime has taken a daily hold on the lives of residents and those who enforce the law alike.
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ABC 7 / Chicag9 Sun-Times noted 13 people were shot in Chicago Friday into Sunday morning, and four of those shooting victims succumbed to their wounds.
Two people were shot to death Friday during a drive-by incident in the Austin neighborhood about 11:15 :p.m. Friday. One man was shot multiple times, including a head shot, and the other was shot in the back.
Both men were taken to the hospital, where they died.
Roughly an hour and half later, at 12:55 a.m. Saturday, two men were shot “in the 800-block of West 87th Street.” One of the men was shot in the chest and the other was shot in the head. But were taken to a hospital, where they died.
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Nothing new for Chicago but they put the people in office who do nothing about it so let it grow up or rot.