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August 21, 2024 at 1:56 PM. The Chicago Police Department recorded five shootings involving 12 victims, one of whom died, and one aggravated battery incident on Tuesday, the second day of the ...
The first video, from 5:04 a.m. CT Monday, shows a Blue Line train arriving at the Harlem station when a man in a gray outfit jumps out of the moving train, falls onto the platform, and then gets ...
The city of Chicago has seen at least 30 people shot during the first few days of the Democratic National Convention despite the city's ramped up security. ... One migrant told Fox News Digital he ...
On July 4, 2022, a mass shooting occurred during an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois, United States. The shooting occurred at 10:14 a.m. CDT (UTC−05:00), roughly 15 minutes after the parade had started. Seven people were killed, and 48 others were wounded by bullets or shrapnel.
Lori Elaine Lightfoot (born August 4, 1962) [1] [2] is an American politician and attorney who was the 56th mayor of Chicago from 2019 until 2023. [3] She is a member of the Democratic Party . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Before becoming mayor, Lightfoot worked in private legal practice as a partner at Mayer Brown and held various government positions in Chicago.
Magnificent Mile shooting. On May 19, 2022, a mass shooting occurred in Chicago, Illinois, United States, in the city's Magnificent Mile shopping district, near Michigan Avenue. [ 4] Two people were killed, and eight others were injured. [ 5] The accused perpetrator, Jaylun Sanders, was taken into custody by Chicago police .
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.
Chicago's deadliest day since reliable digital records began in 1991, was on May 31, 2020, with 18 murders committed. That day was part of a three-day weekend that had 85 shootings, and 24 murders, the all-time highest number killed on a Chicago weekend. [77] Reports indicate that the victims were of various ages and occupations, but mostly black.