Chicago from the 1970s to the late 1990s was a murderopolis — just nonstop killings one after the other, every year. Then police got serious about putting a stop to it and it got better. Now, it's pretty much this:
Chicago's gun violence erupted into another bloody weekend in which over 50 people were shot, including a 14-year-old boy on a playground and three men with gang affiliations killed at a drag racing incident that involved nearly 100 cars, authorities said Monday morning.
The violence occurred from 6 p.m. Friday to 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Chicago police said.
In total, there were 43 shooting incidents and 51 shooting victims, which included at least eight juveniles. Police said that of the 11 recorded murders, 10 people were fatally shot and one was fatally stabbed.
Reading these numbers like:
I mean this is one city. And this is just one weekend.
Here's another weekend for comparison:
Last weekend, police said there were 26 shooting incidents, 31 shooting victims and nine murders.
