XPost: alt.checkmate, talk.politics.guns

On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 22:23:19 -0000 (UTC), GC <george.core@yahoo.com>
wrote:

Chicago hasn't had gun control for 10 years since it was over turned by the >courts and it shows, so NRA gun owners are going crazy shooting their fellow >Americans.

46 shot, 2 fatally, in weekend shootings across Chicago

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Forty six people have been shot, two fatally, in weekend >shootings across Chicago, police said.

The first fatal shooting occurred Saturday night in the Englewood >neighborhood.

A 26-year-old man was shot in the back in the 2300-block of West 72nd Street >at about 8 p.m., police said. A witness told police they saw the victim on >the sidewalk and heard gun shots.

The victim was transported to Advocate Christ Hospital, where he later died. >He has been identified to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office as >Matthew Hudson.

No one is in custody. Area Central detectives are investigating.

Sunday morning in the Uptown neighborhood, a person was shot and killed by >someone riding a bicycle, police said.

The victim was sitting in a vehicle in the 4600-block of North Clifton Ave. >at about 8:10 a.m. when someone pulled up in a bicycle and shot the victim >several times, police said.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The shooter fled in an unknown >direction.

Area North detectives are investigating.

Saturday night, three men were shot near Seward Park on the Near North Side >as children were leaving a back-to-school peace rally.

A 54-year-old man was shot in his upper-right leg; a 43-year-old man was shot >in the lower left leg and upper right arm; and a 28-year-old man was shot in >the back.

Two victims, ages 54 and 43, were hospitalized in stable condition. The 28- >year-old was hospitalized in critical condition.

All of the victims were innocent bystanders, witnesses said.

All of the victims were unarmed.


mr_antone

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