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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.
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 ...
The city saw its highest number of people killed in criminal homicides in 2021.
2020-26-12 3 An active duty soldier shot-up a bowling alley 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 ...
Chicago (50) Illinois: 0 4 4: Four people were wounded in a drive-by shooting while walking down a road on the West Side. Two of the wounded were teenage girls. [70] November 16: Chicago (49) Illinois: 0 4 4: Four people were wounded at the Dearborn homes after another group began an argument which escalated. [71] November 15: Shreveport (3 ...
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Sometime before 1:50 PM, Nightengale fatally shot 30-year-old Yiran Fan, a PHD student from China, in the head as he sat in his vehicle in a Hyde Park parking garage. [4] [5] Shortly afterwards, Nightengale entered an apartment building at 4940 S. East End Ave., where he fatally shot doorwoman 46-year-old Aisha Johnson and wounded a 77-year-old-woman in the head as she grabbed her mail.
In the first three months of 2022, both fatal and nonfatal shootings were down in Chicago. And while those are welcome statistics in the wake of a two-year surge in gun violence, experts cautioned ...