{"id":570560,"date":"2021-06-22T14:21:56","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T18:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=570560"},"modified":"2021-06-22T14:21:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T18:21:57","slug":"horrific-after-shock-chicago-attack-goes-viral-mayor-lori-lightfoot-claims-homicides-on-a-downward-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/horrific-after-shock-chicago-attack-goes-viral-mayor-lori-lightfoot-claims-homicides-on-a-downward-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Horrific\u2019: After Shock Chicago Attack Goes Viral, Mayor Lori Lightfoot Claims Homicides On A \u2018Downward Trend\u2019"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fhorrific-after-shock-chicago-attack-goes-viral-mayor-lori-lightfoot-claims-homicides-on-a-downward-trend%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=570560&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\/2021\/05\/D9287A5A-B109-44E4-AEAD-711ABA398177_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>A horrific Chicago shooting that left a man dead and a woman critically wounded went viral across social media over the weekend, leaving the city struggling to explain why more is not being done to curb the shocking wave of gun violence.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting, which aired on Facebook Live, was just one of several dozen incidents across the city over the weekend. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/chicago-shootings-violence-police-weekend\/10815692\/\">Chicago\u2019s ABC affiliate<\/a>, 65 people were shot, ten were killed, and one woman was stabbed in just over 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been at least 54 people shot, five fatally, in shootings across Chicago since Friday night. A woman was also\u00a0fatally stabbed on Wacker Drive in the Loop,\u201d the outlet reported, noting that the stabbing death occurred downtown near tourist attractions. \u201cIn the most recent fatal attack, a man was shot dead while driving in Humboldt Park early Sunday. The 21-year-old was driving a Jeep about 1:40 a.m. in the 3100-block of West Augusta Boulevard when a car pulled up next to him and someone inside fired shots, Chicago police said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those numbers were later revised up to 65 and 10, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The most shocking attack happened following a \u201cminor traffic incident\u201d in the west side Humboldt Park neighborhood, as people were leaving the city\u2019s Puerto Rican Day parade on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA man was killed and his wife is critically injured after a shooting broke out following a Puerto Rican Pride Day parade in Chicago, police confirmed,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/man-killed-woman-hospitalized-chicago-030800779.html\">per Yahoo News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe couple was ambushed by two to three men, who produced handguns and began shooting at the victims in the 3200 block of West Division Street in Humboldt Park at approximately 9:13 p.m. Saturday night, the Chicago Police Department said in an email,\u201d the outlet added. \u201cThe male victim sustained a gunshot wound to the head, causing authorities to rush him to St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, and the female victim was shot in the neck before being transported to Stroger Hospital in critical condition. The male victim was pronounced dead at the hospital, and the female victim\u2019s condition may change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Facebook video, allegedly of the incident, shows two victims apparently being pulled out of a car bearing a Puerto Rican flag,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago\u2019s WGN News noted, Monday that, indeed, murders are down overall compared to the same month in 2020, but homicides and shootings are still up year over year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile city statistics in the last 28 days shows a drop from 82 murders in 2020 to 62 this year \u2014 murders are still up year-to-date over 2020; with 282 in 2021 compared to 269 last year,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\/news\/chicagocrime\/lightfoot-supt-brown-say-city-is-making-strides-against-violence-after-10-killed-65-wounded-in-past-weekend\/\">WGN News noted<\/a>. The Chicago Tribunes numbers are slightly higher. That outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/breaking\/ct-chicago-homicides-data-tracker-htmlstory.html\">claims that 294 people<\/a> have been killed in the city this year. Their numbers also show a steady upward trajectory.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot, who has been under fire for focusing on racial issues as the city\u2019s crime wave continues, tried to accentuate the positive in a press conference about the bloody weekend on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reality is June over June, we\u2019re seeing a downward trend in both homicides and shootings,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re seeing a downward trajectory where other cities are continuing to see a climb. Now, I\u2019m the first to tell you that\u2019s cold comfort to a single person that\u2019s been shot, a single person who\u2019s been killed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery gun recovered by a Chicago police officer is a deadly force encounter. Also, every gun recovered has a potential to reduce violence from firearms,\u201d Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown added. \u201cWith our whole of government approach, we\u2019re actually starting to bend the curve of violence in the city but for those sensational incidents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lightfoot did call the shooting, captured on video, horrific.<\/p>\n<div class=\"crd clln--it\" data-type=\"text\" readability=\"10\">\n<div class=\" crd--cnt \" readability=\"15\">\n<p class=\" \">\u201cBut as you saw from that horrific video, it wasn\u2019t just one person. There\u2019s one person who dealt the fatal shot but there were others who were standing by, who dragged that poor woman out of the car, the man who was killed literally used his body as a shield and he paid for that with his life,\u201d Lightfoot said. \u201cThe fact that happened in our city and so many individuals stood around and seemingly were trying to take advantage of this moment that I believe started with a car accident is a horrific statement, it\u2019s a horrific statement about those men who were involved in that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Part of the problem, WGN noted, has been a lack of police; \u201cMore officers have left the force this year than all of 2018, data shows,\u201d the outlet said Monday.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A horrific Chicago shooting that left a man dead and a woman critically wounded went viral across social media over the weekend, leaving the city struggling to explain why more &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280983,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/D9287A5A-B109-44E4-AEAD-711ABA398177_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Horrific\u2019: After Shock Chicago Attack Goes Viral, Mayor Lori Lightfoot Claims Homicides On A \u2018Downward Trend\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-570560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/D9287A5A-B109-44E4-AEAD-711ABA398177_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Horrific\u2019: After Shock Chicago Attack Goes Viral, Mayor Lori Lightfoot Claims Homicides On A \u2018Downward Trend\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}