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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.
The shootings occurred hours before Attorney General Merrick Garland was expected to travel to the city to launch an effort to reduce surging gun violence. 3 mass shootings in Chicago leave a 14 ...
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 ...
Cain shot and killed 12-year-old Santos Rodriguez after arresting him on suspicion of having burglarized a local gas station. Cain shot Santos in the head after pointing his gun at the child in an attempt to extract a confession from him. [178] 26 February 1965: James Bonard Fowler: 15 November 2010 (pleaded guilty) Alabama Highway Patrol (Alabama)
Date Location Dead Injured Total Description January 1, 2025 New Orleans, Louisiana: 1 [n 1] [n 2]: 5 6: 2025 New Orleans truck attack: After a Texas man, who was inspired by the Islamic State, drove a rented truck through Bourbon Street in the French Quarter neighborhood to kill fourteen people and injure several dozen others with the truck during the New Year's celebrations, he crashed into ...
According to initial reports, 82 people were shot, 19 fatally, in Chicago over the May 30–31 weekend. The weekend surpassed the previous May 23–24 weekend, which was the most deadly Memorial Day weekend in Chicago since 2015 with 49 individuals shot in total and 9 deaths, becoming the most deadly weekend of the year to that date. Over half ...
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 ...
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.