The Chicago Cubs aren’t having such a great World Series, their first since 1945. Thousands of Chicago cops are providing security near Wrigley field, diverted from other districts. It hasn’t been a good few days for Chicago residents either. HeyJackass reports that since Friday, 14 people have been killed and 41 more survived unwanted piercings in Windy City violence as of 8am Sunday. It’s very much like a war zone in Chicago and Chicago police don’t have a single suspect in custody in any of the homicides.
Of course, generations of Democrat-sponsored gun control has left most of Chicago’s residents defenseless against violent predators. Affluent or well-connected baseball fans are watching the Cubs lose at Wrigley field. They pay over $1700 for lousy, standing room tickets and the best tickets selling for as much as $15,000, each. Meanwhile, outside of the security bubble around Wrigley Field, the less-protected neighborhoods have seen violence rivaling a war zone.
Even the Chicago Tribune reported on some of Saturday’s carnage.
8 dead, 25 others wounded in Chicago shootings
Porsche Jones had just returned to her Near West Side home from a Halloween party when she heard about 10 gunshots in the area.
She looked out her window just before 3 a.m. Sunday after hearing what sounded like a crash. She saw that a car had crashed into two parked cars and into a tree, knocking down two street signs. The passenger in the vehicle could be heard saying he was shot, she said.
“The driver was a little out of the window,” she said. “He moved one time and that’s it.”
…No one was in custody in any of the fatal shootings.
…In other shootings:
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A 33-year-old man was grazed by a bullet in the back of the neck after getting into an altercation with a man, police said. The shooting happened at 4:20 a.m. Sunday in the 10011 block of South State Street in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side. The man who the 33-year-old man was arguing with began firing shots as he was leaving the area. The 33-year-old man did not want medical help.
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In the South Shore neighborhood about 3:35 a.m., a 32-year-old man was shot in the abdomen while standing outside in the 1700 block of East 69th Street, police said. His condition was stabilized at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
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One man was critically injured and two others were wounded in a shooting just before 3:30 a.m. in the 12300 block of South Emerald Avenue, police said. The men were leaving a party in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side when an unknown person began shooting at them. A 39-year-old man was shot on the side of his body, and he was listed in critical condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center. A 32-year-old man was shot in the right leg, and his condition was stabilized at Metro South Medical Center. A 31-year-old man was shot in the upper right leg, and he was in fair condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center.
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Two men were shot about 2:40 a.m. while they were driving in the 2100 block of South Oakley Avenue in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood, police said. A 22-year-old man was shot in the shoulder, and a 20-year-old man was shot in the arm. Both were in good condition at Mount Sinai Hospital.
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A 19-year-old man was shot in the arm during a drive-by shooting just after 2:20 a.m. in the 8600 block of South Morgan Street in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side, police said. He was listed in good condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center.
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Two men were wounded about 12:45 a.m. while they were inside a car in the 7800 block of South Christiana Avenue in the Ashburn neighborhood on the Far South Side, police said. An unknown person got out of a car and began shooting at the men. A 25-year-old man was shot in the buttocks, and he was listed in good condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center. A 22-year-old man was grazed by a bullet on his hand, and he didn’t want medical help.
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About 11:15 p.m. Saturday, a 22-year-old man was shot in the right side of his abdomen while he was walking in the 7100 block of South Yates Boulevard in the South Shore neighborhood, police said. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.
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A 24-year-old man was shot in the leg after someone at a house party opened fire, police said. He was shot just before 10:50 p.m. in the 8400 block of South Parnell Avenue in the Gresham neighborhood. He took himself to Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center, where his condition was stabilized.
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In the South Chicago neighborhood at 9:30 p.m., a 20-year-old man was shot in the right arm while he was standing in an alley in the 8600 block of South Yates Boulevard, police said. His condition was stabilized at Advocate Christ Medical Center.
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Two people were wounded after a male, wearing a mask, walked into a restaurant in the 700 block of West 79th Street in Gresham and began firing shots, police said. A 54-year-old woman was shot in the back, and her condition was stabilized at Advocate Christ Medical Center. A 36-year-old woman was shot in the foot, and her condition was stabilized at St. Bernard Hospital. No one was in custody.
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In the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side, a male was shot in the left hip just before 8:30 p.m. in the 1800 block of South Karlov Avenue, police said. Officers later changed the crime scene to the 1800 block of South Komensky Avenue. He was in good condition at Mount Sinai Hospital.
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About 7:20 p.m., a 36-year-old man was shot in the 1100 block of West 57th Street in the Englewood neighborhood. The man was shot in the upper body, Sweeney said. Information about where he was hospitalized was not immediately released.
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In the Uptown neighborhood, a 25-year-old man was shot in the 4500 block of North Sheridan Road about 6:15 p.m., Sweeney said. The man suffered a graze wound to the arm and was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where his condition was stabilized.
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About 5:40 p.m., an 18-year-old man was shot on the Near West Side. He was shot in the arm in the 1000 block of West 14th Street, had a graze wound to the head, and was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition, Sweeney said.
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A 33-year-old man was critically injured when he was shot in the head about 5:20 p.m. in the 4400 block of South Prairie Avenue in the Bronzeville neighborhood, said Officer Thomas Sweeney, a police spokesman. The man was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition.
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Earlier, an 18-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the leg in the 3400 block of West Douglas Boulevard in the Lawndale neighborhood about 3:40 p.m. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition, according to police, who did not immediately release any details of the shooting’s circumstances.
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A 24-year-old woman was shot about 12:30 p.m. in 1200 block of South Independence Boulevard in the Lawndale neighborhood, police said. She was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in serious condition with a gunshot wound to the right torso, according to a police summary of the incident. The woman was standing on the street when a newer-model silver car with two people inside, a woman who was driving and a man, pulled up, police said. The man fired one shot at the woman, hitting her, and the car then drove off heading east on Roosevelt Road, according to police. The shooting was believed to be narcotics-related, police said.
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Also Saturday afternoon, a man was shot in the 3900 block of West Jackson Boulevard in the West Garfield Park neighborhood about 12:10 p.m., police said. The 19-year-old man was standing on Jackson when a red car pulled up and someone got out and fired shots, hitting the man in the buttocks, then got back in and drove off. The man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was in good condition.