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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Chicago House Party Small Arms Fire (SAF) - 13 WIA / 0 KIA
2019-12-23
(CNN) A Chicago house party devolved into chaos when a dispute led to the shootings of 13 people -- possibly at random, police said.

The 13 victims range from 16 to about 48 years old, said Fred Waller, chief of the Chicago Police Bureau of Patrol.

Four of the victims -- including the 16-year-old -- are hospitalized in critical condition. The other victims are in stable condition, Waller said.

The melee broke out around 12:35 a.m. Sunday in the 5700 block of South May Street.
Thank goodness for all those movies showing guys holding their guns sideways and blasting away! If they'd actually been aiming, somebody coulda been killed shooting across a living room.
Posted by:Besoeker

#7  Minimal knowledge of firearms and shooting by Burg standards, here, but... while I loved my long-lost little Plastikpistole, I could never quite control, one-handed, a tendency to jerk left (adn back) as trigger broke. If that's a common thing, well... jerk in azimuth and you hit a cat or that baby over there, or whatever. Jerk in altitude aiming for the brisket? Headshot! Yarbles. Kneecap? Something, anyway. Method in madness? Okay, probably not.
Posted by: Ulavinter Prince of the Antelope2750   2019-12-23 23:12  

#6  Where did these people learn to shoot?

Movies, I guess. Hold the gun sideways and pull the trigger as fast and hard as you can.
Posted by: KBK   2019-12-23 22:28  

#5  you've outdone yourself, Chuger
Posted by: Lex   2019-12-23 21:55  

#4  "If your rep you are looking to bolster,
Dear waistband or belt-snagging oldster,
There isn't a catch!
Bareback isn't a patch
On our best Acme brand sideways holster!"

[graphic: OG sporting patched boxers and asymmetrically protruding lowrise gunbelt edges daintily through doorway]
Posted by: Chuger Trotsky1832   2019-12-23 20:58  

#3  SouthSide!

Enough said.
Posted by: 3dc   2019-12-23 19:01  

#2  Ooops
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-12-23 02:06  

#1  merry Xmas
Posted by: Lex   2019-12-23 00:55  

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