8 dead, 44 wounded in Chicago this weekend

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8 dead, 44 wounded in Chicago this weekend

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A total of 52 people where shot in Chicago this past weekend, leaving 8 dead and 44 wounded.


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Chicago really needs to ban guns.
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http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/2415 ... 10.article
Eight people were killed and at least 44 others were shot across the city Friday night into early Monday, including a baby girl who suffered a graze wound to the neck when gunfire erupted at a Near West Side barbecue.

Those killed included a 28-year-old man found shot in the chest about 3 a.m. Monday in the 7500 block of South Halsted Street near a South Side church, according to Gresham District police. A passing motorist found the man, identified as Credale Woulard, of 7711 S. Ada St., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office. He was dressed in women's clothing and was found lying dead on the sidewalk.
In the South Side Englewood neighborhood, 44-year-old Darryl Dunn was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head in the 7200 block of South Marshfield Avenue at 2:02 a.m. Monday, authorities said.

About 1:52 a.m. Monday, 25-year-old Larry Johnson of 14003 Park Ave. in Lansing was shot in the 6400 block of South Ingleside Avenue in the South Side Woodlawn neighborhood. He died nearly two hours later at a hospital, police said.

Durwin Hackman, 20, of 3117 W. 172nd St. in Hazel Crest, was killed in a shooting that also injured two others about 11:10 p.m. in the 700 block of West 111th Street in the Far South Side Roseland neighborhood. The three victims were involved in a verbal altercation over a female when other males began to shoot before fleeing the scene.

A 19-year-old man was also taken to Christ Hospital with a gunshot wound to his abdomen and he was listed in critical condition, police said. The third victim, a 21-year-old man, was in "stable" condition at Christ Hospital with a gunshot wound to his left arm.

Three men, two of whom were related, were found fatally shot in the West Side Lawndale neighborhood early Saturday in what police consider gang-related slayings.

The victims were 25-year-old Waseem Smith, 45-year-old Barry Smith and 28-year-old Leon Smith, according to the medical examiner's office. They were shot just after 3 a.m. in the 2300 block of South Springfield Avenue, police said. Police found two of the men in separate cars and the third lying on the street outside one of the cars.

A 19-year-old man died Sunday night after being shot in the head Friday night in the 1800 block of West 87th Street, police said. Pierre York of 8647 S. Wood St. was walking down the street with a friend when they were confronted by a gunman, who fled after shooting York, police said.

In addition to the homicides, at least nine people were shot early Monday, including four men and a baby girl who were injured when gunfire erupted during an outside barbecue on the Near West Side early Monday.

The shooting happened at 12:11 a.m. at 1334 W. Hastings St, according to a Monroe District police lieutenant. Several people attending the barbecue heard shots fired and "everybody started running," the lieutenant said.

One shot struck a 1-year-old girl, who suffered a graze wound to the neck. Four men were also shot, police said. One of the victims, a 34-year-old man, was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. The other three men suffered injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening.

On Sunday, at least 10 people were shot, including a 16-year-old girl who was critically wounded when shots rang out during a fight on a South Side street.

The girl was standing outside at 1251 E. 78th St. at 8:15 p.m. when several fights broke out and one person pulled out a handgun, according to a South Chicago District police captain. The girl was struck in the back and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition.

On an especially violent Saturday, at least 21 people were shot. That included five people injured in four shootings in the West Side Humboldt Park neighborhood, just blocks from the annual Puerto Rican festival.

Following Friday's violent storms, at least one person was injured in a shooting on the South Side.
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So excited...Gonna be there from Wed morning until Sunday afternoon. Think positive for me!

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Different article, same topic:
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010 ... -city.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Saddest quote in the article: "No one is in custody for any of the shootings."
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TexDotCom wrote:Gonna be there from Wed morning until Sunday afternoon. Think positive for me!
Where ya' goin'?

Stay out of the south and west sides unless you know where you're going, and don't wear women's clothing outside Wrigleyville unless you actually are a woman.

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...and I bet you will not find random violence directed at you. Most of the shootings / stabbings / beatings / killings in cities are gang related. As a non-gang-member you are not a target unless you're dressed flashy, in the wrong neighborhood at the wrong time of day, or reply with unwise words to rude comments from gangsta wanna-be yutes.

There are a number of things I love about Chicago. Italian Beef sandwiches, Blues music, the Museum of Science and Industry, sub sandwiches, deep-dish pizza, thin-crust pizza... gotta stop, too close to supper time...
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So sad...

I lived outside of D.C. in the eighties when the crack epidemic started and hit its peak. Firearms were, of course, heavily restricted, if not out right banned. D.C. had the highest murder rate per capita in the entire nation, despite the gun ban.

Meanwhile...

In our suburban VA neighborhoods where pretty much EVERYBODY owned firearms, there was NO gun violence...EVER. NADA, ZERO, ZILCH...

Go figure.
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I thought gun control and handgun bans do save lives. I am sorry I am wrong.

BTW, any mention to what kind of firearms were used? I pretty sure cases/shell should spewed around the crime scenes.
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Beiruty wrote:BTW, any mention to what kind of firearms were used? I pretty sure cases/shell should spewed around the crime scenes.
I'm confident that it would be an assortment of calibers from .22 LR TO .45 ACP, biased toward the cheap end of the spectrum. Probably some revolvers were involved, since there are more Colt .38 Special revolvers in circulation than any other handgun, plus some sawed-off shotguns or AK-47s.

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seamusTX wrote: Stay out of the south and west sides unless you know where you're going, and don't wear women's clothing outside Wrigleyville unless you actually are a woman. - Jim
One other thing.....don't go out at night past 11pm! :shock: Looking at the times in all the articles, ALL shootings except 1 took place after 11pm.
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Little that is good happens during the witching hour or before dawn. When I lived in Chicago, I was off the street when the bars closed at 4 a.m. if at all possible.

That said, Michigan Avenue should be safe around the clock. Da Mare doesn't want the bad publicity that would come from foreign visitors being mugged or murdered there.

I don't know which other streets would get special protection these days. My information is out of date.

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seamusTX wrote:
TexDotCom wrote:Gonna be there from Wed morning until Sunday afternoon. Think positive for me!
Where ya' goin'?

Stay out of the south and west sides unless you know where you're going, and don't wear women's clothing outside Wrigleyville unless you actually are a woman.

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We will be north, near the Field Museum. My wife spent her first 12 formative years in a Brownstone in Chicago and wants to me show me around her old digs. She is also excited about seeing the Ice Baby mammoth fossil and enjoying Taste of Chicago.

More on topic...she and her mother (native Chicagoan turned Oklahoman) both said the same as you did, Seamus: "Relax. Stay out of southern Chicago. Don't stay out until all hours of the night. Enjoy the beauty and culture of the city."

I'm gonna try. Oh, and I'll let the better-half do the wearing of the Mrs' clothing. :lol:

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Um, the Field Museum is on the South Side.

But not to worry. That's one of the places where Daley would be embarrassed by murder and mayhem, so they don't happen there.

I would put the Shedd Aquarium, Adler Planetarium, Museum of Science and Industry, and Lincoln Park Zoo on the same list. I have been to them literally hundreds of times with no hassle.

Have a good trip. Skip Uno and Due. They have slid down the chute to being tourist traps.

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The gangsta's have guns, the hoodlums have guns, (all the law breakers have guns and use them. the police have guns (but evidently they can't afford ammo cause) haven't heard of a police shooting in Chi town now for a while. What gun ban?
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This is for Joe:
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Where do they get all the ammo ?
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