{"id":726728,"date":"2021-09-07T12:06:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T16:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=726728"},"modified":"2021-09-07T12:06:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T16:06:17","slug":"chicago-violence-6-children-shot-1-killed-in-12-hours-over-bloody-holiday-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-violence-6-children-shot-1-killed-in-12-hours-over-bloody-holiday-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Violence: 6 Children Shot, 1 Killed In 12 Hours Over Bloody Holiday Weekend"},"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-6-children-shot-1-killed-in-12-hours-over-bloody-holiday-weekend%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=726728&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\/08\/GettyImages-804545312.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Six children were shot in just 12 hours in Chicago, and one \u2014 a four-year-old boy visiting relatives \u2014 was killed over a bloody holiday weekend in Chicago that saw nearly 70 people become shooting victims.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/chicago-shooting-mass-shootings-violence\/11005712\/\">local ABC affiliate reported Tuesday<\/a> that at&nbsp;\u201cleast 63 people have been shot, six fatally, across Chicago since Friday evening, including several children.\u201d Chicago police later confirmed that six children were shot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Friday evening, a 4-year-old boy was shot in Woodlawn on the South Side,\u201d ABC Chicago added. \u201cThe child was inside a home about 9 p.m. Friday in the 6500-block of South Ellis Avenue when bullets tore through the front window, striking him twice in the head, Chicago police said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The child was taken to a local hospital where he later died. His mother <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/breaking\/ct-chicago-boy-shooting-mychal-moultry-met-20210906-x6aeqm2zu5cfzg3eg445cjuo4a-story.html\">told the Chicago Tribune<\/a> that neighbors are keeping tight-lipped about the shooting and have refused to speak to the police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe police don\u2019t know anything yet because no one is talking. No one is coming forward,\u201d the boy\u2019s mother said. \u201cPeople aren\u2019t answering their doors, and the people that are answering their doors are saying they don\u2019t know anything. Somebody in Chicago knows something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was the second 4-year-old shot in Chicago in a week, and the second 4-year-old killed in the city this year,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/crime\/2021\/9\/4\/22657062\/chicago-weekend-shootings-labor-day-homicide\">Chicago Sun-Times noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, 68 people were shot in Chicago and six died, continuing an upward trend in violence in the city. Chicago\u2019s mayor Lori Lightfoot, who recently announced a slate of initiatives aimed at curbing illegal gun sales inside Chicago city limits, pinned the blame on individuals who refused to cooperate with law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people in the neighborhoods who are doing the shooting, they are known to people in the neighborhoods,\u201d she said at a press conference Tuesday morning. \u201cI understand the fear that\u2019s out there but I\u2019m just calling upon people in these neighborhoods \u2014 particularly when we think about the number of children who have been shot \u2014 you\u2019ve got to have your faith overcome your fear. You\u2019ve got to step up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lightfoot also said her office would announce further \u201cgun violence\u201d abatement measures but would not give details. The Biden administration committed, earlier in the summer, to send a task force to Chicago, as well as to other major cities, in order to combat illegal gun trafficking, but it is not clear what effect such programs might have. The problem of illegal gun trafficking predates the current streak of violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn announcing crime statistics in Chicago for the month of August, police officials described \u2018a challenging time across the city,\u2019 with 78 murders, or 22% more, for the month compared to August 2020. The city saw a 3% uptick in murders year-to-date compared to the past year,\u201d Fox News reported on Monday. \u201cAnd while shootings had decreased from 380 in August 2020 to 372 in August 2021, the number of shooting victims was up by three last month compared to the same month last year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>he Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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