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This will stop the Chicago Negro Violence!
Hundreds of extra officers were assigned to Chicago streets this past weekend, Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said, but by Monday morning, the totals were still depressing: 13 dead and at least 58 wounded in shootings across the city.
McCarthy said his department mostly had a grip on the violence during the holiday weekend until Sunday, when there were 21 shooting incidents.
“Yesterday is the day that really blew it up for us,” McCarthy said, speaking to reporters Monday in the Chicago Police Department’s 10th District. He said his department is still analyzing what might have caused the surge in violence.
Statistics may show that Chicago’s homicide rate is down to levels not seen since the 1960s, but that may not comfort residents of the South and West sides, who saw the bulk of the shootings.
By 7 a.m. Monday, 12 people had been killed and at least 59 others wounded in shootings across the city since Thursday night. One person who was injured died Monday afternoon. Two more were fatally shot by police: Pedro Rios, 14, of Rogers Park, on Friday night in the Portage Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side, and Warren Robinson, 16, on Saturday night in the Gresham neighborhood. Police said both boys had pointed weapons at officers.
McCarthy said the weekend violence in the city was “unacceptable,” given the fact that he had a plan in place with “hundreds more officers” assigned to the streets.
“The results were a lot of shootings and a lot of murders,” McCarthy said.
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