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Chicago murder rate worse than Afghan war dead
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Chicago residents face a murder rate that, thus far this year, is higher than the number of U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan.
The war zone-like statistics are not new. As WBEZ reports, while some 2,000 U.S. troops have been killed in Afghanistan since 2001, more than 5,000 people have been killed by gun fire in Chicago during that time, based on Department of Defense and FBI data.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times', more Chicago residents (228) have been killed so far this year in the city than the number of U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan (144) over the same period.
Chicago's murder rate is also currently quadruple that of New York and double Los Angeles' rate. Gun violence Friday evening into Saturday took the lives of at least one person, Antonio Buck of the 5400 block of South Aberdeen, and wounded at least seven others, including a 16-year-old boy shot in the lower back around 11 p.m. Friday.
The previous weekend, at least eight were killed, including a 16-year-old boy, and 46 wounded by gun violence in Chicago. Monday evening into Tuesday, seven more people were shot, two of them fatally. The city's homicide rate is up more than 50 percent over last year.
Estimates put Chicago’s gang population at roughly 70,000 members. But experts say these once organized, structured groups have splintered. Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said the "fracturing" of larger gangs into smaller ones has doubled the number of factions and conflicts.
The war zone-like statistics are not new. As WBEZ reports, while some 2,000 U.S. troops have been killed in Afghanistan since 2001, more than 5,000 people have been killed by gun fire in Chicago during that time, based on Department of Defense and FBI data.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times', more Chicago residents (228) have been killed so far this year in the city than the number of U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan (144) over the same period.
Chicago's murder rate is also currently quadruple that of New York and double Los Angeles' rate. Gun violence Friday evening into Saturday took the lives of at least one person, Antonio Buck of the 5400 block of South Aberdeen, and wounded at least seven others, including a 16-year-old boy shot in the lower back around 11 p.m. Friday.
The previous weekend, at least eight were killed, including a 16-year-old boy, and 46 wounded by gun violence in Chicago. Monday evening into Tuesday, seven more people were shot, two of them fatally. The city's homicide rate is up more than 50 percent over last year.
Estimates put Chicago’s gang population at roughly 70,000 members. But experts say these once organized, structured groups have splintered. Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said the "fracturing" of larger gangs into smaller ones has doubled the number of factions and conflicts.
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