‘A Grim Milestone’: Chicago Sees Shocking Increase in Number of Shootings This Year

By Tré Goins-Phillips

The number of shootings this year alone in Chicago has already surpassed 1,000, marking the steepest increase in the Windy City in decades — something the Chicago Tribune described as a “grim milestone.”

As of Wednesday, according to Tribune records, the total number of shootings stood at 1,008, which includes the 4-year-old boy who suffered a gunshot wound to his foot. He is expected to survive.

Chicago’s struggle with gun violence is well-documented, but 2016′s statistics shockingly outpace the number of shootings in recent years. At this same time last year, the city did not reach 1,000 shootings until June, though 3,000 were recorded in total. Chicago did not surpass 1,000 shootings until June of 2014 or 2013, either.

According to the Chicago Police Department’s CompStat data through April 17, shootings have seen a sharp 67 percent increase from this same time last year. But perhaps …Read the Rest

Source:: The Blaze