chicago violence explodes; 60 shot, 10 take a nig nap this weekend (so far), part one

By Grand Rapids Anonymous
monday, june 19, 2023 at 8:59:00 p.m. edt

"(wls) weekend violence touched many parts of the city. a shooting in Lincoln park near the zoo left five people injured [sic]. on the west side, two teens were shot, one of them killed near Garfield park.

"'every time I read and hear about another life that is lost because of violence, my heart breaks," mayor Brandon Johnson said. "fifteen-year-olds, 14-year-olds, you all know I'm raising children in chicago. it hurts.'"

[GRA: Uh huh, but not as much now with a mayor’s salary.]

"there was another shooting on the cta red line at a station in chinatown. and, in river north, home security video showed a man being chased down and shot on erie street.

"Johnson would not say if anything specific in the policing strategy needs to change to stem the violence, which he says is a problem he inherited.

[GRA: The old, “I inherited this,” excuse. They were supposed to have this new, foolproof strategy, chcukle.)

"a man was shot to death monday morning while driving in the west Garfield park neighborhood. about 7:25 a.m., the man, 32, was driving in the 4400 block of west Gladys avenue when he was shot multiple times throughout his body, chicago police said. his vehicle then struck a parked car and he was transported to Stroger hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said. the circumstances of the shooting remain under investigation.

"another man was shot and killed at the entrance of a fast food restaurant in west pullman sunday night, police said. just after 11 p.m., the 32-year-old was fighting with another man in the vestibule of a fast food restaurant in the 11600 block of south Halsted street when he opened fire, police said. the man was shot in the back and pronounced dead on the scene. No one is in custody and detectives are investigating.

"over an hour earlier, a man was shot and killed on a sidewalk in auburn Gresham. the 39-year-old was outside about 9:20 p.m. in the 8800 block of south Kerfoot avenue when shots were fired ["when shots were fired" was completely superfluous, like saying "moving forward."], chicago police said. he was shot in the chest and taken to university of chicago medical center, where he was pronounced dead, police said. no one was in custody. area two detectives are investigating." [N.S.: Area two detectives are one busy bunch.]

"a man was found shot to [?] over an hour earlier--in woodlawn on the south side. the man, 48, was found with a gunshot wound to the head in the 6600-block of south Evans avenue around 1:30 a.m., chicago police said. he was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. no arrests have been made.

"another man was fatally shot early saturday in auburn gresham [N.S.: again?!] on the south side. police responded to a call of a person shot in the 1600 block of west 80th street when they discovered a 58-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the chest shortly after midnight. witnesses at the scene told police they heard shots fired and saw the man fall to the ground. he was taken to Christ medical center in oak lawn, where he was pronounced dead, police said. no one was in custody.

"another man died after he was found friday night lying on a sidewalk with a gunshot wound in Garfield park. the 26-year-old was shot in the lower back at about 6:30 p.m. in the 3900-block of west Gladys avenue [N.S.: again?!], according to chicago police. he was taken to Mount Sinai hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. no one was in custody. no other information was available.

GRA: That's some amazing stuff--blacks LOVE shooting each other! First, they argue and fight--then they shoot.

--GRA