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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.
So far this year, gun violence — both homicides and nonfatal shootings — is declining, welcome news in a city battered by a 60% increase in shootings over a two-year period in 2020 and 2021.
Homicides and shootings have surged in Chicago during the first seven months of the year. From Jan. 1 through the end of July, there were 440 homicides in Chicago and 2,240 people shot, including ...
Chicago police recorded 440 homicides and 2,240 shooting victims in the first seven months of 2020, up from 290 homicides and 1,480 shooting victims the previous year.On Sunday, police shot and ...
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.
Geneva County shootings: A man killed ten people and wounded six others in a shooting spree before committing suicide. [17] February 20, 2009 Chicago, Illinois: 3 0 3: Three teenagers were killed in an alley in Chicago. [18] January 27, 2009 Los Angeles, California: 7 [n 1] 0 7: A man fatally shot his wife and five children before committing ...
Last year, about 3,000 people were shot in one city, and so far every month in 2016 has seen more violence than in 2015. Chicago has already seen more than 2,000 shootings this year Skip to main ...
About 2,000 whites gathered outside a house at 7153 South Saint Lawrence Avenue after a black postal worker named Roscoe Johnson bought it. The house was firebombed and nearly destroyed and disturbances occurred in the neighborhood for three days after the initial violence. [3] [5] 0 Unknown August 1947 Racial, housing