![]() “Our criminal courts have been shut down for 15 months,” the mayor continued. “I’m calling on our county partners - and particularly those in the criminal courts: Open up the courts. “We still have too many murderers that are not being held accountable,” she said. Lightfoot, sounding an all-too-familiar theme, demanded that Chief Judge Tim Evans order the full resumption of criminal trials for the first time since the pandemic. “It’s about investing in our young people.” “When the president reaches out to a city like Chicago, with a population of almost 3 million, it’s more than retaining guns,” Coleman said. Lightfoot should do more than focus on “getting the guns off the street,” she said. Now it’s time to right our wrongs,” Coleman said, adding that the violence was the natural consequence of “deprivation of quality education,” resources and mental health services. Coleman (16th) on Monday addressed the mass shootings during a news conference in the parking lot of a shuttered Jewel-Osco store at 61st Street and Western Avenue, just a few blocks north of where Bowie was killed. ![]() Over the weekend, there were four such attacks, the ones in Marquette Park and South Shore and two others where a total of eight people were shot.Ībout a third of the 78 people shot between Friday evening and early Monday were wounded in just four attacks.Īld. This June alone, there have been at least 10 attacks where four or more people were shot. Still, last year was one of the worst for gun violence since the mid-1990s, and this year remains on track for even more shootings and homicides. This year has seen a more than 13% increase compared to 2020, and 57% compared to 2019.Ĭity Hall and police officials have stressed that the increase in violence from last year to this year has been slowing, with this June seeing fewer homicides and shootings than last June. ![]() They don't buy you life.There have been at least 1,842 shootings this year, compared to 1,625 at this time in 2020 and 1,171 in 2019. Her solution is for people to "get to church, get into the Bible. "It's just overwhelming, it's depressing, it makes your anxiety at an all-time high." ![]() "It's like you get immune to it, it's like a way of life now," the neighbor said, adding that gunfire has become part of the norm in her neighborhood which has left her numb to violence. One neighbor who wanted to remain anonymous, said she heard three gunshot before a swarm of officers responded to the scene. SEE ALSO | Chicago PD officer, sergeant charged in Pilsen shooting that wounded unarmed man, CCSA Kim Foxx says One weapon was recovered on the scene and a second weapon was recovered in the area during the course of the investigation, police said. Materials related to these incidents will be posted to our website in accordance with the City's Video Release Policy within 60 days of each incident unless prohibited by court order or the Juvenile Court Act."Īn officer was transported to an area hospital for observation and was listed in good condition. ![]() "COPA investigators reviewed and have obtained video footage from the incident, and we can confirm body-worn camera of the officer captures the shooting," said COPA First Deputy Chief Administrator Ephraim Eaddy. The person shot was a teenager who suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to the hospital in fair condition, the Chicago Fire Department said.ĬOPA said body cameras captured the shooting. An officer shot a juvenile, who was holding a gun, in the 7200 block of South Artesian Avenue. ![]()
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