Sunday proved the most violent day of the long holiday weekend so far
in Chicago, with 18 people shot, according to police and Tribune
records.
As of noon Monday, thirty-six people had been shot since Friday afternoon. One person had been shot on Monday, about 10:30 a.m. in the South Chicago neighborhood.
In 2018, a total of 39 people were shot, seven fatally, during the long weekend that serves as the unofficial start to summer, which in Chicago often means a time of heightened violence on the streets. In 2017, 45 people were shot, seven of them killed, according to data kept by the Tribune. Seventy-one people were shot, six fatally, over the same weekend in 2016 — one of the most violent Memorial Day weekends in years. It went on to become the most violent year in decades.
Note EU-Digest: Just this Memorial Day weekend alone already 18 people have been shot in Chicago as a result of gun violence. Throughout the whole continental US, once all the numbers are tallied on gun violence for this memorial day weekend, the number of people shot as a result of gun violence is expected to surpass at least more than 300. Unfortunately the political establishment on both sides of the Isle continue to do "little to nothing" about gun control.
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As of noon Monday, thirty-six people had been shot since Friday afternoon. One person had been shot on Monday, about 10:30 a.m. in the South Chicago neighborhood.
In 2018, a total of 39 people were shot, seven fatally, during the long weekend that serves as the unofficial start to summer, which in Chicago often means a time of heightened violence on the streets. In 2017, 45 people were shot, seven of them killed, according to data kept by the Tribune. Seventy-one people were shot, six fatally, over the same weekend in 2016 — one of the most violent Memorial Day weekends in years. It went on to become the most violent year in decades.
Note EU-Digest: Just this Memorial Day weekend alone already 18 people have been shot in Chicago as a result of gun violence. Throughout the whole continental US, once all the numbers are tallied on gun violence for this memorial day weekend, the number of people shot as a result of gun violence is expected to surpass at least more than 300. Unfortunately the political establishment on both sides of the Isle continue to do "little to nothing" about gun control.
Read more at: With 18 shot, Sunday most violent day of long weekend so far
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