Results tagged “gunviolence”

• RIP, Richard Pegue.
• How much does gun violence cost Chicago each year? According to one report, $2.5 billion.
• The recent parking ticket amnesty period wiped out 135,000 unpaid parking and red-light tickets as well as brought in $7 million. But be ready, the so-called "boot blitz" - due to a lower ticket threshold - begins next month.

In other news, two men were killed last night in two separate shooting incidents on the South Side. Another man was shot to death early this morning. [S-T, Trib, Photo of our kind of gun by rachelleb]

At least 37 people were shot this weekend, 7 fatally, and at least 7 victims were under 18. Only one person has been charged in any of the shootings so far, and in that case, police recovered an AK-47 assault rifle at the scene.

A 33-year-old woman who is the sole survivor of Saturday's Lane Bryant killings says the victims were all tied up and shot at close range in the back of the head; she survived because somehow the bullet went through her neck instead of her head. She placed the 911 call.

More details are emerging about the Tinley Park murders from this weekend. In addition to the five women who died, one woman was shot but survived and gave police a description of the gunman, who is still at large. Lane Bryant is offering $50,000 reward for information that leads to the shooter's arrest.