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More than 30 people were shot over a 24-hour period as violence escalated in Chicago Jan. 20-22, 2017 |
As of early Monday, at least 228 people had been shot in Chicago so far this year, a 5.5 percent increase from the 216 shot in the same period time last year. There have been at least 42 homicides, up 23.5 percent from the 34 homicides from the same period in 2016.
Last January closed with 50 homicides, the most for that month in the city in at least 16 years, according to police statistics. The year ended with 783 homicides, the most since 1996, according to data collected by the Tribune.
This January has seen several violent weekends. Over the New Year's weekend, 55 people were shot, five of them fatally. The next weekend saw a sharp drop, two killed and seven wounded. Over the following Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, 39 people were shot, 10 of them fatally.
This past weekend 54 people were shot, six of them fatally. There were seven attacks that wounded three or more people, according to police.
In West Englewood Sunday afternoon, a group of people in a convenience store heard gunfire and ran outside. Four shooters opened fire in their direction, wounding four people, including a 56-year-old woman who was listed in critical condition after being shot several times in the left leg, police said
Three people were shot as they sat in a car in West Town on Sunday morning, police said. A few hours earlier, three people were shot in The Gap neighborhood.
Last January closed with 50 homicides, the most for that month in the city in at least 16 years, according to police statistics. The year ended with 783 homicides, the most since 1996, according to data collected by the Tribune.
This January has seen several violent weekends. Over the New Year's weekend, 55 people were shot, five of them fatally. The next weekend saw a sharp drop, two killed and seven wounded. Over the following Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, 39 people were shot, 10 of them fatally.
This past weekend 54 people were shot, six of them fatally. There were seven attacks that wounded three or more people, according to police.
In West Englewood Sunday afternoon, a group of people in a convenience store heard gunfire and ran outside. Four shooters opened fire in their direction, wounding four people, including a 56-year-old woman who was listed in critical condition after being shot several times in the left leg, police said
Three people were shot as they sat in a car in West Town on Sunday morning, police said. A few hours earlier, three people were shot in The Gap neighborhood.
