Chicago authorities said Sunday that Thanksgiving Day weekend violence in the city saw at least 37 victims shot, including nine who died, according to CBS Chicago. …
Chicago authorities said Sunday that Thanksgiving Day weekend violence in the city saw at least 37 victims shot, including nine who died, according to CBS Chicago. Three violent incidents in the Windy City over the weekend did not involve guns, including two stabbings, one fatal, and an altercation that led to a person being pushed onto tracks and struck by an oncoming train, with the victim taken to hospital in serious condition. All fatal incidents involved male victims, while two 20-year-old women who were in a vehicle that was struck by gunfire survived, according to the outlet. It comes on the heels of a report last week from the Chicago Police Department (pdf), which noted 2,974 shooting incidents so far this year, compared to 1,940 by the same time in 2019, a 53 percent increase. The report also noted that homicides in Chicago were up by the same percentage, with 700 so far in 2020, compared to 458 by the same period last year.
