{"id":1141305,"date":"2021-12-22T09:19:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T14:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1141305"},"modified":"2021-12-22T09:19:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T14:19:19","slug":"over-230-expressway-shootings-in-lori-lightfoots-chicago-thus-far-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-230-expressway-shootings-in-lori-lightfoots-chicago-thus-far-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 230 Expressway Shootings in Lori Lightfoot&#039;s Chicago Thus Far in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fover-230-expressway-shootings-in-lori-lightfoots-chicago-thus-far-in-2021%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1141305&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">There have been over 230 expressway shootings in Mayor Lori Lightfoot\u2019s (D) Chicago thus far in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>NBC 5 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/lightfoot-seeks-additional-help-from-atf-marshals-to-curb-violence-in-chicago\/2712045\/\">reported<\/a> there had been 233 such shootings by December 4, 2021, and another expressway shooting occurred Sunday in broad daylight.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/person-suffers-life-threatening-injures-in-interstate-57-shooting\/2711351\/\">Sunday\u2019s expressway shooting<\/a>&nbsp;took place on \u201cInterstate 57 in the south suburbs,\u201d leaving one person with life-threatening injures.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>There were 128 expressway shootings in Chicago in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>On December 17, 2021, Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/17\/over-800-homicides-year-to-date-in-mayor-lori-lightfoots-chicago\/\">observed<\/a> that Lightfoot\u2019s Chicago had witnessed over 800 homicides for the year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19220570\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1344343163.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19220570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1344343163-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Police officers gather outside of the Cook County Medical Examiner\u2019s office where the body of an Illinois state trooper was transported after he was discovered with a gunshot wound to the head on a Southside expressway on October 01, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>HeyJackass.com <a href=\"https:\/\/heyjackass.com\/\">points out<\/a> that the total number of homicides in the city is now at 832, and 783 of those were carried out with a firearm.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-three people <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/20\/23-shot-during-weekend-in-mayor-lori-lightfoots-chicago\/\">were shot<\/a>, at least three of them fatally, over the most recent weekend in Lightfoot\u2019s Chicago.<\/p>\n<p><em>AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News<\/em><em>&nbsp;and the writer\/curator of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down Range with AWR Hawkins<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em><em>a weekly newsletter focused o<\/em><em>n al<\/em><em>l things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. Follow him on Instagram:&nbsp;<\/em><em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/awr_hawkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@awr_hawkins<\/a>. Reach him at&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:awrhawkins@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">awrhawkins@breitbart.com<\/a>. You can sign up to get Down Range at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breitbart.com\/downrange<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There have been over 230 expressway shootings in Mayor Lori Lightfoot\u2019s (D) Chicago thus far in 2021. 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