Gun control, Chiraq style: Fourth of July Edition

by DCG

As I checked the shooting numbers in Chiraq over the holiday weekend (mostly from MyFoxChicago), the numbers kept going up, up and up! Good thing Chicago Police added 1,500 officers to the streets for the holiday weekend…

Mayor Lightfoot’s “Accountability Monday” meeting should be a blast…

Friday morning3 stabbed, 14 trampled at Navy Pier after Fourth of July fireworks (no shootings yet bonus gang violence in the form of knife attacks)

Friday morning16 shot, 2 fatally in Fourth of July gun violence across Chicago

Friday at 4:00 pm34 shot — 4 fatally — over Fourth of July weekend

Saturday at 6:30 pm: 41 shot — 5 fatally — over Fourth of July weekend

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Sunday morning: No total shot headline on MyFoxChicago but the headline from Chicago TribuneMultiple victims the norm in shootings Saturday into Sunday as holiday weekend wears on (18 people were shot from Saturday to Sunday in a night that saw several bursts of gun violence on the South Side that left three or more people wounded by a single shooter at least three times)

Sunday at 3:00 pm: 64 shot — 5 fatally — over Fourth of July weekend

Sunday at 6:00 pm66 shot — 5 fatally — over Fourth of July weekend

Sunday at 9:00 pm68 shot, 5 fatally, in 4th of July weekend gun violence across Chicago

For the final grand total number of shootings, see heyjackass.com.

DCG

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