Police ponder separate shootings in Chicago

China National News Sunday 27th January, 2013

• Police ponder separate shootings in Chicago
• All occurred on Saturday
• Chicago still has high homicide count
US police and emergency services reacted to five separate shooting incidents in only one city on the weekend.
An investigation has been launched into the shootings, which all occurred on Saturday in Chicago.
The first killing took place on Saturday around 2:15am when a gunman opened fire on two men in a parked car.
One of the men was killed while the other was severely injured.
Only a few hours later, two people were killed and one wounded in another shooting incident.
On Saturday afternoon, the bodies of a man and a teenager who had been shot to death were found in another part of the city.
While no one has been arrested, police have been treating the shootings as if they were carried out by the same person or persons.
Chicago's homicide count has started again for the new year.
Every year, more than 30,000 people are shot and killed in the United States with an average of 87 deaths each day as a result of gun violence.
Many more people are injured by some of the 4.5 million firearms which are sold annually in the country.

I feel so safe in Canada.............!

Slanted journalism at its best. Most crime is committed by illegal, unregistered guns, just like in Canada. The shooting in the story sounds like gang land style - one gang eliminating the competition. I doubt any of the guns used in these shooting even have their serial numbers still on them.

If they were not white why would you care.

Chicago leads the nation with 40+ homicides in less than the first 30 days of 2013. AND they have a very comprehensive set of gun controls in place. Murder scene witnesses are scared and won't talk. The rule of the Criminal Trial Courts is "Remember your situation is in the hands of 12 people who weren't smart enough to get out of Jury Duty." And if they don't know who the witnesses are that information is available for the right money. Money in Chicago speaks loudly!

I watch Chicago news on WGN quite often. Aurora, Illinois is the state's 2d largest city with a population of 200,000 people. Yet it did not have one homicide last year according to a TV report. Why? Because the cops on the streets, not in some easy desk job. Put the cops back on the streets where they belong and the terrible murder problem in Chicago will be greatly reduced.

[QUOTE=china;1705286]China National News Sunday 27th January, 2013

• Police ponder separate shootings in Chicago
• All occurred on SaturdayQUOTE]

Simple solution- Saturday is the problem, move "weekends" to Sunday and Monday and voila, you've solved the problem of Saturday shootings!