That was this weekend in Chicago. No one cares. This constant violence in our cities has no place in the political narrative.
I figured it at least deserved a headline.
Chicago Has Its Worst Weekend of Gun Violence in 2019 as 7 Are Killed
I figured it at least deserved a headline.
CHICAGO — While much of the nation’s attention was focused on the gun massacres in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, last weekend, Chicago was convulsed by its own burst of violence — the worst weekend the city has seen so far in 2019.
It was an extreme example of the routine but devastating gun violence, often related to gang conflicts, that cities like Chicago, Baltimore and St. Louis experience on a regular basis. The police said seven people were killed and 52 wounded by gunfire throughout Chicago from Friday evening to Sunday, including a 5-year-old boy who was shot in the leg while sitting in a car.
Early Sunday, 17 people were shot in a period of two hours in a small pocket on the city’s West Side, turning residential blocks into chaotic scenes of ambulances, grieving family members and cars pockmarked with bullets.
There were 32 separate shooting incidents throughout the weekend, the police said.
Chicago Has Its Worst Weekend of Gun Violence in 2019 as 7 Are Killed