That might change, but more on that soon.
During the four-day July 4 weekend, an astounding 109 people were shot--nine of those victims died.
For Labor Day, as of early afternoon on Tuesday, just 31 people were shot over the three-day weekend, five of them were killed.
However, early Labor Day morning, four people, three men and one woman, who were apparently homeless and asleep, were found dead from gunshot wounds at the end of the CTA Blue Line in west-suburban Forest Park. It's unclear though, where these train passengers were shot. Nearly all of the Blue Line runs through Chicago. It's possible that the Chicago shooting and fatality numbers for the Labor Day may increase by four if it's found they were shot within Chicago's city limits.
A suspect in the Blue Line murders is in police custody.
When the DNC was in town, I rode CTA trains several times and I was presently surprised how peaceful it was. There was a heavy police presence on the CTA and on the train platforms. The prior times I took CTA trains I encountered crazy people every time.
Chicago can do better if it wants to do so.
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Did y ou catch Rockford Federal Judge Iaian Johnston's decision that four concealed carry permit holders could take thei guns on public transportation in Illinois?
Here's what a Triubne editorial said about his decision:
"The news of the Blue Line homicides coincided with a federal judge’s ruling that Illinois couldn’t forbid licensed concealed carry permit holders from riding the rails and buses while armed. The applicability of the ruling still is to be determined. But one attorney for the plaintiffs tapped straight into public skittishness over whether it’s safe to use public transit in Chicago. “This is an important ruling regarding locations where law-abiding persons have too often been vulnerable,” the attorney told the Tribune."
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