Rhino
04-21-2008, 10:46 AM
NOT!!!
Deadly Weekend Sees 37 Shot, 2 Stabbed, 7 Dead
CHICAGO (CBS) ― Five people were shot overnight in what capped off a very violent weekend here in Chicago.
In all, at least 37 people were shot, two were stabbed and at least seven people are dead.
CBS 2's Joanie Lum reports that Chicago police say that warmer weather means more opportunities for violent crime, so they are stepping up patrols and focusing their efforts on targeting gang leaders.
Most recently, A 25-year old man died after a gunman shot him in the chest as he stood with a friend in the 800 block of South Karlov at about 12:30 a.m. Monday. Police say the unidentified man was shot in the chest and the suspect ran away.
Also, two shooting victims drove themselves to Mount Sinai Hospital at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday. A 31-year-old man was critically injured and a 32-year-old woman was shot in the arm and stomach when a gunman walked up to their van and opened fire, in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.
Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis says more officers have been deployed to the city's violent areas, but he says a lot of the violence involves young people, after curfew, and parents need to help stop them.
"You just have too many guns, gangs, too many weapons out here. That's why we have to work hard to take them off. Chicago has probably enjoyed the greatest success in taking weapons off the street," Weis said.
Police admit that three dozen shootings in one weekend is a lot, but through the end of March in Chicago, violent crime was down.
On Friday, 15 people were shot -- four fatally -- between noon Friday and midnight Saturday, police said.
About 7 p.m., Marcus Hendricks, 34, of Flossmoor, was fatally shot in the abdomen at 714 W. 115th St. and pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn at 8 p.m., the Cook County Medical Examiner's office said.
Bennie Teague, 39, of the 6200 block of South Sacramento Avenue, was charged with one count of first-degree murder for Hendricks' death. He was also charged with three counts of attempted first-degree murder for allegedly firing shots at responding officers. Police recovered an AK-47 assault rifle from the scene, police said....http://cbs2chicago.com/local/chicago.weekend.violence.2.704529.html
Deadly Weekend Sees 37 Shot, 2 Stabbed, 7 Dead
CHICAGO (CBS) ― Five people were shot overnight in what capped off a very violent weekend here in Chicago.
In all, at least 37 people were shot, two were stabbed and at least seven people are dead.
CBS 2's Joanie Lum reports that Chicago police say that warmer weather means more opportunities for violent crime, so they are stepping up patrols and focusing their efforts on targeting gang leaders.
Most recently, A 25-year old man died after a gunman shot him in the chest as he stood with a friend in the 800 block of South Karlov at about 12:30 a.m. Monday. Police say the unidentified man was shot in the chest and the suspect ran away.
Also, two shooting victims drove themselves to Mount Sinai Hospital at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday. A 31-year-old man was critically injured and a 32-year-old woman was shot in the arm and stomach when a gunman walked up to their van and opened fire, in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.
Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis says more officers have been deployed to the city's violent areas, but he says a lot of the violence involves young people, after curfew, and parents need to help stop them.
"You just have too many guns, gangs, too many weapons out here. That's why we have to work hard to take them off. Chicago has probably enjoyed the greatest success in taking weapons off the street," Weis said.
Police admit that three dozen shootings in one weekend is a lot, but through the end of March in Chicago, violent crime was down.
On Friday, 15 people were shot -- four fatally -- between noon Friday and midnight Saturday, police said.
About 7 p.m., Marcus Hendricks, 34, of Flossmoor, was fatally shot in the abdomen at 714 W. 115th St. and pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn at 8 p.m., the Cook County Medical Examiner's office said.
Bennie Teague, 39, of the 6200 block of South Sacramento Avenue, was charged with one count of first-degree murder for Hendricks' death. He was also charged with three counts of attempted first-degree murder for allegedly firing shots at responding officers. Police recovered an AK-47 assault rifle from the scene, police said....http://cbs2chicago.com/local/chicago.weekend.violence.2.704529.html