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| 2013-07-22 | |
| Six men were killed and at least 21 people -- including a 6-year-old girl -- were wounded in shootings across the city since Friday night. Asked Sunday about Chicago's reputation in the wake of another violent weekend, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he's primarily "concerned about the safety and security of our neighborhoods, and our residents." He again pushed for a three-year sentencing minimum for gun crimes -- calling it the "weak link" in the city's crime-fighting strategy. And he said it's time to replace the "code of silence" with a "moral code."
They were shot about 4 a.m. Sunday in the 500 block of West Pearson. A neighbor who asked not to be named said Lewis was hanging out the street hours earlier with a large group of friends, chatting and drinking beer. Earlier Sunday, one man was killed and three other people were wounded in a shooting on the Far South Side, police said. They were standing outside with a group of people in the 600 block of East 131st Street about 1:50 a.m. when a fight broke out and someone fired shots, police said. Marcus Holden, 28, was shot multiple times and was found unresponsive at the scene. Holden, of the 13300 block of South Langley, was pronounced dead at Roseland Community Hospital at 3 a.m., according to the medical examiner's office. A 40-year-old man also was shot multiple times, and a 28-year-old woman was shot in the back. They were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, police said. A 22-year-old man was shot in the buttocks; he made it on his own to Metro South Medical Center in Blue Island. About 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Eugene Clark, 25, of the 7900 block of South Karlov, was shot multiple times near 71st and Ashland, police said. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 1:42 a.m., according to the medical examiner's office. About 11 p.m. Saturday, William Brown, 34, of the 8700 block of South Essex, was shot in the head in the 8500 block of South Saginaw. Paramedics took him to Stroger Hospital, where he died about an hour later, according to the medical examiner's office. About 9:30 p.m. Friday, Carlos Barron, 19, was killed in a drive-by shooting in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side. He was on the sidewalk in the 3800 block of West Hirsch when shots were fired at him from a light-color sedan. He was shot in the abdomen and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died at 11:10 p.m. The first fatal shooting of the weekend happened about 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side. Maurice Gibson, 26, was on the sidewalk in the 8100 block of South Vincennes when an unidentified man approached him and opened fire, according to police and the medical examiner's office. Gibson, of the 8900 block of South Ashland, was shot in the head and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where he died about half an hour later. At least 21 people have been injured in separate shootings since Friday evening, according to police. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #5 Why should Rahm care? He's white, so he's racist. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2013-07-22 19:11 |
| #4 We need to make stolen guns illegal. |
| Posted by: Capsu78 2013-07-22 18:59 |
| #3 Since this is mainly young black guys shooting other young black guys, with the occasional innocent bystander taking a round, there is no need to be concerned - judging from the lack of interest from the Usual Suspects and the Media. Me? I find it appalling. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-07-22 17:45 |
| #2 I suspect that certain protected groups will be exempted. This is the future gun-control advocates want nationwide. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-07-22 12:55 |
| #1 Yeah, Rahm, three years for a 'gun crime', that oughta do it... I can see the Headlines now: Blacks Disproportionally Imprisoned Under New Gun Crime Law. |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2013-07-22 11:02 |