5 killed and at least 72 others wounded over weekend in Chicago; there were two mass shootings Sunday night

Last week, after another bloody weekend where five people were shot to death and 47 others were wounded in Chicago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot made the outrageous claim that violent crime was down in Chicago--but only compared from this June to last. 

At that time the number of shootings from this June to last June were slightly down. But again, at that time, shootings were up from 2020 and way up from 2019, the year Lightfoot was sworn in. 

What will Lightfoot say today? Because over this past weekend five people were shot to death and at least 72 others were wounded. That's 25 more shootings than last weekend. 

There were two mass shootings--both Sunday night on the South Side. One in Chicago Lawn where one person was killed and seven others wounded. The other, in South Shore, where one person was shot to death and five others wounded.

Oh, as I wrote yesterday for Da Tech Guy, Lightfoot is wrong about the root cause of rampant violence in Chicago.

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Chicago has a street gang problem not a gun problem