You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
-Lurid Crime Tales-
40 Shot, 6 Killed, Friday into Monday Morning Across Mayor Lightfoot's Chicago
2020-09-08
[Breitbart] Forty people were shot, six fatally, Friday into Monday morning across Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago.

Breitbart News reported at least 16 were shot, two fatally, Friday through Saturday afternoon alone.

A four-year-old boy was among the casualties in one of the weekend’s early shootings. He was standing outside in the 8600 block of South Honore Friday night when someone opened fire from inside a vehicle, wounding him in the leg.

He was with an 18-year-old woman when the shooting occurred, and she was shot in the back.

On Monday morning ABC 7 reported the number of shooting victims had climbed to 40 and the number of dead had reached six.

Three people—one woman and two men—were shot around 1:30 p.m. during a drive-by attack "in the 8000-block of South Green." One of the wounded was taken to the hospital in serious condition and the other in fair condition. The woman was in critical condition, having been shot in the chest.

Four people—one woman, two men, and a 17-year-old—were shot in another single incident Sunday just before 6:30 p.m. They were "on the sidewalk about 6:25 p.m. in the 7700-block of South Kingston Avenue" when someone opened fire from inside a vehicle, wounding all four individuals.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports "43 people were shot citywide, eight of them fatally," over the entirety of Labor Day Weekend 2019. The city almost hit that level of wounded and dead this Labor Day Weekend, Friday into Monday morning alone.
Posted by:Besoeker

#10  How many were Caucasian and if they were, were they perpetrators of any criminal act, or merely victims?
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2020-09-08 15:05  

#9  Hey, better tighten up those gun laws.
Posted by: AlanC   2020-09-08 12:49  

#8  "40 Shot, 6 Killed, Friday into Monday Morning Across Mayor Lightfoot's Chicago"

In other words, more days ending in "y." >:-(
Posted by: Barbara   2020-09-08 11:31  

#7  Two Chicago street gangs using tactical nukes on each other would not draw as much media attention as one cop making a bad decision in a split second.
Posted by: Matt   2020-09-08 11:07  

#6  And we (myself included) readily accept the fact Afghanistan is a lost cause.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-09-08 08:16  

#5  A Chicago scorecard is updated daily at heyjackass.com
Highlighted by numerous, relevant sub-categories such as the Shot-In-The-Ass-Ometer, well worth a read.
Posted by: Bugs Untervehr9211   2020-09-08 08:03  

#4  As of 10PM last night - '10:00p Stupidity Tally: 10 killed, 46 wounded'
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2020-09-08 07:59  

#3  Gunfight breaks out in the lobby of a Brooklyn apartment building at the end of another weekend of gun violence in NYC where a boy, 6, was shot at a Caribbean festival and a dog walker, 62, was killed
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-09-08 05:32  

#2  Moment six-year-old boy is scooped up in his screaming mother's arms after they were BOTH shot along with three others at pre-dawn Caribbean festival J'Ouvert in Brooklyn
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-09-08 05:27  

#1  Labor Day weekend is hit by wave of gun violence: Girl, 8, is among 51 people shot in Chicago, a six-year-old is shot in New York, while three are killed in 12 shootings in Baltimore
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-09-08 05:10  

00:00