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Chicago saw a major rise in violent crime starting in the late 1960s. Murders in the city peaked in 1974, with 970 murders when the city's population was over three million, resulting in a murder rate of around 29 per 100,000, and again in 1992, with 943 murders when the city had fewer than three million people, resulting in a murder rate of 34 murders per 100,000 citizens.
On November 19, 2018, a mass shooting took place at the Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. An attending physician at the hospital, a police officer, and a pharmacy resident were killed. The gunman, later identified as Juan Lopez, the ex-fiancé of one of the victims, later died in a shootout with other responding officers.
Damage and death figures are for the U.S. only. Storm caused an additional 67 deaths and ~US$7 billion in damage across the Caribbean. 54 2018 Hurricane Florence: Tropical cyclone Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina: $24,230,000,000 Category 4 hurricane that caused major damage and 54 recorded fatalities in the US; 24 direct and 30 ...
The gunman who attacked an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago fired more than 70 rounds with an AR-15-style gun that killed at least seven people, then evaded initial capture by dressing ...
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions , structural fires , flood disasters , coal mine disasters , and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture , planning , construction , design , and more.
168 others injured as a result of a nightclub fire. According to local authorities the fire began on stage after members of the band flared a pyrotechnic device that ignited flammable acoustic foam in the ceiling. Other reasons for the high death toll included the lack of emergency exits and the excessive number of people present. [83] 36
November 18, 2018 at 5:22 AM. Death toll rises to 76 in California fire with winds ahead. CHICO, Calif. (AP) — Northern California crews battling the country's deadliest wildfire in a century ...
March 28 – 2018 Valencia, Venezuela fire. Rioting and a fire at a police station in Valencia, Venezuela, killed 68. [286] April 23 – A suspected arson attack at a karaoke lounge in southern China killed 18 and injured five. [287] Most of the collections of the National Museum of Brazil were destroyed in a 2018 fire.