{"id":938087,"date":"2021-10-29T15:58:59","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T19:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=938087"},"modified":"2021-10-29T15:59:01","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T19:59:01","slug":"downtown-chicago-shootings-surge-220-percent-since-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/downtown-chicago-shootings-surge-220-percent-since-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown Chicago Shootings Surge 220 Percent Since 2019"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fdowntown-chicago-shootings-surge-220-percent-since-2019%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=938087&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\">Shootings in the downtown area of Mayor Lori Lightfoot\u2019s (D) Chicago have increased 220 percent since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Chicago Sun-Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/2021\/10\/29\/22751518\/downtown-chicago-loop-shootings-murder-river-north\">points out<\/a> that the 220 percent surge is in the Central police district and is measured in \u201cshootings per 1,000 residents.\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>The Central police district \u201cincludes much of the downtown business district.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;Near North district, which also \u201cincludes parts of downtown and also Lincoln Park,\u201d has seen a 120 percent surge in shootings.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18516074\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Chicago-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18516074\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Chicago-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Chicago Police command center vehicle sits on North Avenue Beach in Chicago, Illinois, on June 18, 2021. (Kamil Krzaczynski\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chicago Police command center vehicle sits on North Avenue Beach in Chicago, Illinois, on June 18, 2021. (Kamil Krzaczynski\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>In addition to shootings, Chicago\u2019s downtown area has witnessed \u201ca 35 percent increase in sexual assaults.\u201d And vehicle thefts have shot up 51 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Mayor of Public Safety John O\u2019Malley told the <em>Sun-Times,<\/em>&nbsp;\u201cNot only are we trying to deal with things that are happening downtown\u2026[but also] dealing with and having these same conversations and same meetings with community members all across the city, where some areas violence is a daily, if not hourly, concern.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox32 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/news\/2-killed-9-others-wounded-in-chicago-shootings-thursday\">reports<\/a> that 11 people were shot Thursday alone in Mayor Lightfoot\u2019s Chicago. Two of the shooting victims succumbed to their wounds.<\/p>\n<p>HeyJackass.com <a href=\"https:\/\/heyjackass.com\/\">notes<\/a> that 3,220 people have been shot and wounded in Chicago thus far in 2021, and another 668 have been shot and killed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18334266\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lori.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18334266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lori.jpeg\" alt=\"President Joe Biden greets Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot at O&#039;Hare International Airport in Chicago, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. While in the Chicago area, Biden will highlight his order to require large employers to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for its workers during a visit to a construction site. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Joe Biden greets Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot at O\u2019Hare International Airport in Chicago, October 7, 2021. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<\/p>\n<\/div>\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>Shootings in the downtown area of Mayor Lori Lightfoot\u2019s (D) Chicago have increased 220 percent since 2019. 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