Just a week after Chicago officials proudly announced that the city’s homicide rate is at its lowest level in 50 years, the Windy City was consumed by a spate of gun violence over Father’s Day weekend, with seven people killed and more than 40 wounded in various incidents. There were several reasons given for the [...]
7 Killed, More Than 40 Injured in Chicago Shootings Over Father’s Day Weekend
June 18, 2013 | Posted by
Chicago Tactics Putting Major Dent in Killing Trend
June 11, 2013 | Posted by
CHICAGO — A year after this city drew new attention for soaring gun violence and gang bloodshed, creating a political test for Mayor Rahm Emanuel in President Obama’s hometown, Chicago has witnessed a drop in shootings and crime. Killings this year have dipped to a level not seen since the early 1960s. So far in [...]
6 More Weekend Shooting Deaths in Chicago
May 27, 2013 | Posted by
Six people were killed and 11 wounded over the weekend in Chicago, bringing added attention to the problem of ongoing gun violence that many observers have blamed on gang warfare. The violence occurred the same week as a dramatic and emotional meeting of the Chicago School Board, which voted unanimously to close 49 schools in the [...]
Boy,15, Shot to Death Near Obama’s Chicago Home
April 23, 2013 | Posted by
CHICAGO – Cornelius German told his mother he was afraid to wait for her at the bus stop because of all the shootings here lately, so he asked her to meet him at a friend’s. Timika Rutledge said she and the boy’s father pulled up to a home and waited Monday night, even blowing the [...]
25 Shot, 4 Killed in Chicago Weekend Violence as Gun Control Stalls in Congress
April 15, 2013 | Posted by
Chicago’s unrelenting shooting spree continues as up to 25 people were shot and four killed over the last three days. The mayhem occurred even as protesters gathered in Chicago’s Federal Plaza on Saturday to hold a vigil to end gun violence. “We need a background check,” Garrett Evans, a South Side Chicago native and survivor of [...]
Chicago Teen Charged With Grandfather’s Murder
March 31, 2013 | Posted by
A Chicago teen was charged with the murder of his grandfather, who was shot six times in the back March 2. William Strickland, 19, reportedly confessed to stealing his grandfather’s gun and using it to commit the crime. He then proceeded to rob his grandfather, using the money to purchase shoes, a new phone and [...]
Chicago Police Turn To Foot Patrols To Combat City’s Violence
March 26, 2013 | Posted by
To combat the epidemic of violence on Chicago streets, police have resorted to an old-school tactic: foot patrols. Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy announced that the department a week ago started its “return to community policing” by sending 24 rookie officers into a crime-ridden South Side neighborhood that he called an “impact zone.” “Where officers [...]
Gen. Honore Suggests Chicago Bring in National Guard to Stop Violence
February 22, 2013 | Posted by
Russel L. Honore, the tough-talking lieutenant general who shot to fame when he swept into New Orleans as a dominating presence in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, offered some advice to Chicago to tame the violence plaguing the city and its young people: Bring in the National Guard. Honore, who is now retired from the [...]
Chicago Leaders Urged Obama to Address City’s Violence
February 4, 2013 | Posted by
Sunday brought a continued outcry in Chicago over the death of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, the honors student and band majorette who was shot and killed days after performing at the president’s inauguration ceremony. Rev. Jesse Jackson led a march Saturday from Pendleton’s King College Prep high school to the 4400 block of South Oakenwald where [...]
Hadiya Pendleton’s Death Stirs Action in Chicago, Heightens Gun Debate
February 1, 2013 | Posted by
The death of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton has sparked change in Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel plans to place 200 additional police officers on patrol duty to combat gun violence. The girl was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon in Vivian Gordon Harsh Park on the city’s south side. Police believe that Pendleton, an honor student at the [...]
