Hi Paul B Readers,
I MUST bring this up, and it will be a recurring theme, as long as I am alive. I was about to enjoy the day, driving to work out (or just talk to peeps and write my column…) when I heard the tail end of a WBBM news broadcast. It was delivered in a monotone voice AFTER the baseball scores and weather, and there it was …” fourteen people were shot in Chicago over the weekend.” This is Sunday morning, kids. The weekend isn’t even over yet! Am I to presume that the number could be twenty by midnight? If the weather is good, might it be higher? Do murderers like to stay inside when it’s raining out? Do their guns work as well? Is the winter time less violent because of the lousy weather? Are there survivors from those that were shot? How many were women or children? How many shooters were older than nineteen? Were there “innocents” shot during this thirty-eight hour killing spree? What IS the record for a Chicago weekend of violence? I’m a numbers guy, and I believe that I was just so sickened by this violent “stat,” that I actually tried to distract myself from the real facts. FOURTEEN PEOPLE SHOT! No, not in a week, and no, not in a month (like Japan, Canada, Norway, Bogota, Lima or New Brunswick.) These fourteen shootings took place in less than forty hours. By the way… How many were shot in Baghdad or Kabul in thirty eight hours? … where there is an actual WAR. What “place” did Chicago earn on this list? Think about my message here, kids. I am NOT JOKING about this. I am still very jarred by this stat. How do YOU cope? Or are the baseball scores more important? Let me know your thoughts.
— Paul B.
CHICAGO SHOTS LOG 4/13/14 12:51-6:55 AM …
RT @chicagotribune: Update: 35 shot, four fatally, in 36-hour span from Friday to Sunday morning. http://t.co/BBpvjUFKU6
— Adam Sege (@AdamSege) April 13, 2014
Shots fired, 107 & Perry. #chicagoscanner
— Peter Nickeas (@PeterNickeas) April 13, 2014
1700 E. 72nd, shots fired. Two callers heard this. #chicagoscanner
— Peter Nickeas (@PeterNickeas) April 13, 2014
The 12th District is still in a backlog. #chicagoscanner
— Peter Nickeas (@PeterNickeas) April 13, 2014
2100 N. Sawyer, shots fired. #chicagoscanner
— Peter Nickeas (@PeterNickeas) April 13, 2014
Went to a homicide in Gage Park and shootings in Humboldt Park, Logan Square, East Garfield Park and Pilsen. #travel
— Peter Nickeas (@PeterNickeas) April 13, 2014
18 people shot, 2 fatally, since Saturday afternoon. #chicago
— Peter Nickeas (@PeterNickeas) April 13, 2014
1500 W. 18th Place in Pilsen. Person shot here. #chicago http://t.co/JtLTMayVgw
— Peter Nickeas (@PeterNickeas) April 13, 2014
Using a sheet to shield the family while police examine the body. 3000 W. 53rd. #chicago http://t.co/2ThB1OzQVS
— Peter Nickeas (@PeterNickeas) April 13, 2014
13 shot, one fatally, since Saturday afternoon. #chicago
— Peter Nickeas (@PeterNickeas) April 13, 2014
Homicide: 3000 W. 53rd Place. #chicago http://t.co/8IvJLtTRV8
— Peter Nickeas (@PeterNickeas) April 13, 2014
Missed a homicide somewhere. Anyone hear it on citywide 2?
— Peter Nickeas (@PeterNickeas) April 13, 2014
Woman shot in the head here and taken to Stroger Hospital. #chicago http://t.co/yg71nWGkZQ
— Peter Nickeas (@PeterNickeas) April 13, 2014
Kedzie/Grand trying to figure it out pic.twitter.com/Tl256WMSZq
— Peter Nickeas (@PeterNickeas) April 13, 2014
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Yet Chief McCarthy will still tell us how great he’s doing! Can’t stand that guy.