{"id":602759,"date":"2021-07-26T13:51:02","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T17:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=602759"},"modified":"2021-07-26T13:51:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T17:51:06","slug":"chicago-violence-70-shot-at-least-10-killed-as-highway-shootings-hit-all-time-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-violence-70-shot-at-least-10-killed-as-highway-shootings-hit-all-time-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Violence: 70 Shot, At Least 10 Killed As Highway Shootings Hit \u2018All-Time High\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\">28<\/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%2Fchicago-violence-70-shot-at-least-10-killed-as-highway-shootings-hit-all-time-high%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=602759&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\/07\/GettyImages-1325068736.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>At least 70 people were shot and at least 10 people were killed as violence continued to spike in Chicago, Illinois over the weekend. The city also reached a grim watermark: Chicago-area highway shootings are now at an \u201call-time high,\u201d according to Chicago\u2019s CBS affiliate.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago continues to be wracked by violence despite city officials\u2019 efforts to curb what they believe to be the problem: the illicit gun trade that brings weapons to Chicago from places like Indiana, where gun control laws are weaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<u>Chicago<\/u> authorities on Monday said that 70 people were shot and 12 were killed amid another violent weekend in the city,\u201d Fox News reported based on local information. \u201cChicago\u2019s WLS-TV reported that the first fatal shooting occurred Friday when a gunman shot a man multiple times who was walking near the sidewalk in the city\u2019s South Shore, Chicago police said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe victim was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. His name has yet to be released,\u201d the outlet continued.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the city suffered through at least three mass shootings in less than two days, leaving dozens wounded, including children. The weekend saw several more teenagers wounded in what is looking increasingly like gang cross-fire; at least three teens were wounded on Saturday alone.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Chicago Police Department and Chicago Tribune have not released official numbers, it appears around 2,400 people have been shot in the city this year and nearly 450 have been killed. If those numbers hold, Chicago is on pace to beat its tally of gun violence victims from 2020 \u2014 one of the most violent years in recent memory.<\/p>\n<p>The tally is especially notable given that many major cities are seeing a decrease from 2020, even if they are still seeing high numbers of shootings and homicides.<\/p>\n<p>Among Chicago\u2019s more noteworthy problems: highway shootings, which are on pace to be at an \u201call-time high\u201d in 2021. On Thursday, there were two highway shootings in the same day, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/news\/two-expressway-shootings-reported-on-the-same-day-in-chicago-area\">Chicago\u2019s Fox 32<\/a>, one west of the city and one north of the city.<\/p>\n<p>One highway leading through Chicago\u2019s south side, the Dan Ryan Expressway, has seen at least 43 shootings this year alone, making it easily the most dangerous stretch of highway in the city. The latest shooting on the Dan Ryan was \u201cthe 134th expressway shooting this year,\u201d according to Fox 32. \u201cThat number is already higher than the total in 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There were 128 highway shootings in all of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The situation is so bad that the Illinois State Police applied for and received a<em>&nbsp;\u201c<\/em>$12.5 million grant from IDOT for the purchase and installation of automated license plate readers (ALPR), software, and specialized cameras to aid in the investigation of Cook County expressway shootings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chicago\u2019s police department announced last week that it was forming a 50-person special tactical unit to discover and intercept the flow of illegal weapons into Chicago. The task force was supposed to begin work last week, even though the influx of weapons into the Chicago area from places like Indiana long predates the city\u2019s recent, shocking spike in violence.<\/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&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.&nbsp;<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 70 people were shot and at least 10 people were killed as violence continued to spike in Chicago, Illinois over the weekend. 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