{"id":1216123,"date":"2022-01-14T10:49:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T15:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1216123"},"modified":"2022-01-14T10:49:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T15:49:53","slug":"two-14-year-old-boys-shot-killed-during-separate-attacks-in-lori-lightfoots-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-14-year-old-boys-shot-killed-during-separate-attacks-in-lori-lightfoots-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Two 14-Year-Old Boys Shot, Killed During Separate Attacks in Lori Lightfoot&#039;s Chicago"},"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%2Ftwo-14-year-old-boys-shot-killed-during-separate-attacks-in-lori-lightfoots-chicago%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=1216123&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP_20080741791437-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Two 14-year-old boys were shot and killed during separate armed attacks Wednesday in Mayor Lori Lightfoot\u2019s (D) Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>NBC 5 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/two-14-year-old-boys-killed-in-separate-attacks-in-chicago\/2727520\/\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;the first attack occurred about 4 p.m. as a 14-year-old was shot and killed \u201cin the 2200 block of West Adams Street.\u201d<\/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>WGN 9 <a href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\/news\/chicagocrime\/two-14-year-old-boys-killed-in-separate-shootings-in-chicago\/\">notes<\/a>&nbsp;the 14-year-old was shot \u201ctwice in the chest\u201d while \u201cstanding on the sidewalk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>The second 14-year-old, James Sweezer, was shot and killed around 8:45 p.m. in Englewood. Sweezer was walking and talking with a friend \u201cwhen someone in a dark-colored vehicle&nbsp;shot him in the head.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Sweezer died shortly after being shot.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There were over 1,892 shootings in Chicago January 1, 2021, through June 28, 2021, a 12 percent increase over the same time frame last year. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zvEMSWQ39u\">https:\/\/t.co\/zvEMSWQ39u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1412228707368976392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Homicides surged in Lightfoot\u2019s Chicago during 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/02\/2021-deadliest-year-in-quarter-of-a-century-in-lori-lightfoots-chicago\/\">making the year<\/a> the deadliest in a quarter of a century.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Hill&nbsp;<\/em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/587891-chicagos-797-homicides-in-2021-highest-in-25-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">pointed out<\/a>&nbsp;that Chicago police confirmed the city witnessed 797 homicides during the course of 2021, while the&nbsp;<em>Chicago Sun-Times<\/em>&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/crime\/2022\/1\/3\/22858995\/chicago-violence-dangerous-murders-per-capita-2021-2020-surge-garfield-park-police-lori-lightfoot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">observed<\/a>&nbsp;that Cook County medical examiner\u2019s records show 836 homicides for the city.<\/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>Two 14-year-old boys were shot and killed during separate armed attacks Wednesday in Mayor Lori Lightfoot\u2019s (D) Chicago. 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