mikely1

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:29:09 -0600

Someone recently got shot in an apparent botched robbery in my neighborhood. The victim is paralyzed. The shooter is still presumably free to terrorize and maim others: http://www.nbc5.com/news/17545102/detail.html?rss=chi&psp=news

Kaonashi

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:34:40 -0600

Awful. :(

fed up

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:50:53 -0600

Posted: Sunday, 05 October 2008 8:30PM Weekend Violence UPDATES: At Least Five Dead WBBM Newsradio 780.com Reporting Two men are injured, one critically, after a Sunday afternoon shooting near Douglass Park in the West Side’s Lawndale neighborhood. The victims were shot in the 1500 block of South Christiana Ave. about 4:30 p.m. A 24-year-old is in “critical” condition in Mount Sinai Hospital with a gunshot wound to the head and a 21-year-old is in “good” condition at Mount Sinai with a gunshot wound to the leg. Harrison Area detectives are investigating. Police have no suspects and no clues •A PEDESTRIAN WAS SHOT in the ankle while walking down a South Side street Saturday night. The shooting occurred at 7:44 p.m. in the 100 block of West 109th Place, according to police News Affairs. A 22-year-old man was walking down the street when he passed two men on the sidewalk, police said. The man told police he heard shots and realized he had been shot in the ankle. The victim is Roseland Community Hospital in “good” condition, police said. They have no suspects and no motives. Calumet Area detectives are investigating. •LARRY MITCHELL IS DEAD. Police are investigating the death of the 60-year-old West Side man, found with apparent head injuries early Saturday in his home. CHICAGO -- The Cook County Medical Examiner's says two men found dead in a residence on Chicago's far southeast side both suffered multiple gunshot wounds. Police said the bodies of the two were found Sunday night by family members who went to the residence near Avenue M and East 103rd Street. Officer David Banks of the Chicago Police news Affairs office says one of the victims was a 22-year-old Hispanic and the other was a 21-year-old black man. Their identities were not immediately released. (Copyright ©2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved So thats 8 Dead for sure this weekend with a couple shot in the head but holding on. Chicago doesn't have to worry about turning into Detroit I think we are worse off.

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