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Over a 48-hour period last weekend, three shootings erupted within a mile of one another in Chicago’s downtown area, leaving two people dead. During that same time, some 17 other people were ...
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.
Victims included a 13-year-old boy on a bicycle who was shot at from a car and a 41-year-old man killed during an armed robbery. At least 6 dead and 26 injured after violent weekend of shootings ...
Six people have died and at least 20 others were wounded in weekend shootings across Chicago. A shooting early Saturday in the city's North Lawndale neighborhood killed one man and wounded four ...
Beverly Park is a 13.56-acre (5.49 ha) park which was established by the Chicago Park District in 1947 and constructed in the 1950s. It features tennis courts at the southern end, volleyball courts, a playground, and a spraypool at the northern end, a fieldhouse on the western side, and baseball diamonds in the middle of the park.
From the late-2000s to early 2010s, Parkway was the center of gang shootings mostly amongst teenagers and young adults. Tenants of Parkway and community leaders contested the crime wave that came after CHA demolished the drug-infested Robert Taylor Homes, nicknamed the "Calumet Buildings" which were once located at 6217 S. Calumet Ave.
As of June 24, Chicago had seen 1,105 shooting incidents so far this year, a 6% reduction from the same time last year and a 12% reduction over the past two years.
2021 Chicago - Evanston shootings: Chicago and Evanston: 2021-01-09: 6: Random shooting spree Magnificent Mile shooting: Chicago: 2022-05-19: 2: Mass shooting in shopping district: Highland Park parade shooting: Highland Park: 2022-07-04: 7: Mass shooting at Independence Day parade, also 48 wounded: Death of Sania Khan: Chicago: 2022-07-18: 2