Homicides and shootings have surged in Chicago during the first seven months of the year. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox. At least 33 other people were shot in Chicago between 5 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Monday. Although mayors such Los Angeles' Eric Garcetti and New York's Bill de Blasio have backed these efforts, Lightfoot seemed more resistant to the idea. He was sitting on a front porch about 6:35 p.m. in the 3000 block of West 44th Street when someone in an SUV shot him in the leg, police said. July 2020 was especially violent for Chicago, as the city recorded 105 homicides and 584 shootings. Earlier that evening, one man was killed and another was injured in the Back of the Yards on the South Side.

Officers responding to a ShotSpotter alert for gunfire found the 18-year-old shot in the right side of her head at 10:51 p.m. in the 4200 block of West Van Buren Street, according to Chicago police. Illustrating Chicago Values. Jeffrey Toobin takes CNN leave after Zoom incident. They were sitting in a parked vehicle at 10:51 p.m. on Peoria Avenue when someone fired shots, police said. The letter — signed by a group of 15 Chicago aldermen, 26 state legislators and three Cook County commissioners — comes days after CPS announced plans to phase students back to in-person learning next month, starting with preschoolers and some special education students. The teen was struck in the foot and taken to Rush University Medical Center, where his condition was stabilized, police said. The legal analyst, who also has been suspended at the New Yorker, exposed himself during a work conference. Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times. That number decreased over the following years, until 2020. Ten minutes before that, two men were killed in Calumet Heights on the South Side. Robbery and aggravated battery are up over the previous week, but year-to-year leaves the number either lower or around the same as in 2019. Last weekend, Chicago saw its deadliest Memorial Day weekend in five years with 10 shot dead and 39 others wounded. “I think it’s just a perfect storm of distress in America," Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said in July. Sun-Times file photo Two people were killed and five others were injured by gun violence Thursday across Chicago. Kansas City, for example, is expected to see "close to 700 people" shot by the end of the year, its police chief previously told Fox News. It was not immediately clear where the shooting occurred. Gregory A. Lewis, 21, was riding in a vehicle at 2:54 a.m. in the 500 block of East 115th Street when someone shot at him from a passing car, authorities said.

“We'd have to get rid of the youngest, most diverse, most well-trained officers," she said of defunding. He was hit in the right arm and taken in good condition to Illinois Masonic Medical Center. A man and a 17-year-old boy were shot Sunday night in Englewood. The weekend’s first shooting injured a 20-year-old man Friday in Brighton Park on the Southwest Side. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, New York City, meanwhile, saw a 277 percent increase in shootings (from 13 to 49) when observing the year-over-year change for one week in July.
Among them was a 9-year-old boy who was killed Friday when someone opened fire in the direction of a number of people, including him and his friends, according to police. June 8, 2020 “We’ve never seen anything like it, at all,” Max Kapustin, the senior research director at the University of Chicago Crime Lab told the Chicago Sun-Times in a new shocking report published Monday.

The decrease was driven by a 26% decline in thefts and a 19% decline in sexual assaults, police said. Complicating law enforcement has been widespread concern about racism in police departments.

The police department is moving more officers into districts and has been “focused on creating teams that can address violent crime head-on within our most vulnerable neighborhoods,” police Superintendent David O. July was especially violent, as the city recorded 105 homicides and 584 shootings.

All rights reserved. The Hyde Park- and Evanston-based schools both ranked in the top 25 nationwide. The article lists Chicago along with Philadelphia, Detroit and Memphis as the worst-hit, accounting for more than one of every eight homicides. WHITMER. Both men were shot in the head and pronounced dead on the scene. A 12-year-old boy and six teenagers were among those wounded. The decrease was driven by a 26 percent decline in thefts and a 19 percent decline in sexual assaults, police said. The 22-year-old was grazed by a bullet on his buttocks and refused treatment. The 27-year-old man was hit in the leg and taken to Stroger Hospital. Robert English, 24, was shot to death about 4:30 p.m. in the 4800 block of West Flournoy Street, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Bernardino Mercado, 26, was walking on the sidewalk with another male about 11 p.m. in the 100 block of West Hubbard Street when he exchanged words with a male suspect in a car, authorities said. Chicago Police Supt. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.