23 May 2014 (14:39 UTC-07 Tango)/23 Rajab 1435/02 Khordad 1393/25 Ji-Si 4712
Curie High School is on alert after six shootings. The principal told students, and parents, that when the school day is over they need to get the hell out’a there! One parent, Gabriela Perez, said “You can’t be safe anywhere!”
4600 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue: 15 years old boy shot and killed by drive by shooters.
6400 block of South Francisco Avenue: 14 years old boy found on sidewalk, shot and killed.
63rd Street and Artesian Avenue: 17 years old boy shot in the ankle.
10700 block of South Indiana Avenue: 20 years old man shot in the hip and shoulder, he died.
6200 block of South Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive: Two men shot, one in the face. Police complained that residents interfered with their crime scene investigation.
Humboldt Park: 18 years old man shot multiple times, he’s now dead. The irony is that his body was found under a gun ban sign. 38 years old man shot in the chest and killed. 40 years old man shot in the back, in serious condition.
0 to 50 block of East 53rd Street: 22 years old man shot in the leg.
9800 block of South Yates Avenue: A man was shot in the leg.
18th and Wood streets: 23 years old man shot in the leg. He ran for a city block before neighbors came to his aid.
1200 block of West 97th Street: 32 years old man shot in the leg and back.
10000 block of South Princeton Avenue: 22 years old man shot in the right arm. 31 years old woman shot in the thigh.
5200 block of West Oakdale Avenue: 28 years old man heard gunshots and started running, but he was shot in the leg anyway.
8500 block of South Carpenter Street: 25 years old man heard gunshots, then realized he was the one who got shot.
8200 block of South Kedzie Avenue: 26 years old man shot in the thigh.
9900 block of South Wentworth Avenue: 21 years old man shot in the hand while sitting on his porch.
9100 block of South Throop Street: 32 years old man shot in the back and chest. He’s in stable condition.
4400 block of West Palmer Street: 29 years old man shot in his left leg.
6900 block of South Eggleston Avenue: 31 years old man shot in his butt as he was walking.
6900 block of South South Shore Drive: 18 years old man shot multiple times while he was walking. He’s in critical condition.
8100 block of South Paxton Avenue: 19 years old man shot in the leg.
8200 block of South Paxton Avenue: 44 years old man shot in the leg.
5900 block of West Washington Boulevard: Two men shot while in their SUV. Police say shooters in another SUV shot them. One of the men was shot in the chest and is in serious condition.
4900 block of West Augusta Boulevard: A 29 years old man started running when a man with a gun approached him. He was shot in the end (butt).
10600 block of South Wentworth Avenue: 28 years old man shot in the left elbow, police suspect it was a domestic violence crime.
2200 block of West 72nd Street: 20 years old man shot in the leg and arm.
3900 block of West Polk Street: 18 years old man shot, in critical condition.
7000 block of South East End Avenue: Three men shot in the legs.
West 65th Street and South Union Avenue: 26 years old man shot in the hand.
7400 block of South Harvard Avenue: 20 years old man shot in the arm, groin and hip. He actually ran home before calling police!
No arrests, police blame gang bangers. New anti-gun laws would not stop the shootings, because most guns used by gang bangers are already illegal!
Most victims took themselves to hospital, or were brought by neighbors.
“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013, calls Chicagoland his homie town