Chicago mass shooting leaves young girl dead, 10 others injured
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Police say among the injured are a 1-year old and a 7-year-old who are in critical condition.

Police say among the injured are a 1-year old and a 7-year-old who are in critical condition.

Chicago police believe gang-related violence led to the fatal shooting of an 8-year-old girl that also left 10 others injured Saturday night in the city’s South Side.

According to police, the shooting took place near 52nd St. and South Damen Ave. at approximately 9:18 p.m. An 8-year-old girl was killed from a gunshot wound to the head, while two boys — 1 and 7 years old — were critically injured after being shot multiple times.

Deputy Police Chief Don Jerome said police aided in response efforts for the other eight victims, ranging in age from 19 to 40, by applying tourniquets and chest seals.

The victims were reportedly standing outside at a family gathering. A statement released by the Chicago Police Department said a witness saw a black sedan approach the scene when the shots rang out into the crowd. All victims were escorted to local hospitals around the area by the Chicago Fire Department.

  • HelixDab2@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    See, here’s the problem: this is what most mass shootings look like. Most of them aren’t someone walking into a school with a rifle, it’s gang-related violence. My money would be on this crime being committed by handguns, not rifles, and those are specifically covered by 2A rights (see: Heller v. D.C., McDonald v. Chicago).

    If you want to prevent this, you need to address the root issues that lead to criminal gangs in the first place. Illinois in general, and Chicago in particular has been very reticent to deal with the problems. It’s always more policing, rather than, say, more housing, more jobs, more education, more violence intervention… In fact, one of the successful violence intervention programs got axed about a decade ago (under Rahm Emmanuel, I think?), and the CPD is still the most powerful criminal gang in the city.

    • Treczoks@lemmy.world
      1·
      3 months ago

      Most of the daily mass shootings in the US are no longer newsworthy, anyway. They are only headlines when kids or a lot of people are killed.

      Instead of focusing on “Most mass-shootings are not schools but gang-related crime!”, you should focus on “How can the US get less mass shootings in general?” While mass shootings are a more-than-daily occurance in the US, they are mostly-once-a-year in other civilized countries.