Posts
As
terrifying as it must be to walk the streets of in cities like
Tehran, Cairo or Khartoum where international embassies are burning
and the yellow flames from explosions singe the night air, it seems a
weekend in Chicago could be just as dangerous.
26
April, 2012
Friday,
two more Chicagoens were shot dead and eight wounded in drive-by
shootings across the South and West Sides Friday night and Saturday
morning, according to a Chicago
Tribune report.
Death
and injury from gunfire has spiked to record numbers in 2012, leading
some reports to compare the city to a war zone like Afghanistan,
where fewer American troops have died than people from shootings
in Chicago.
In
Humboldt Park, early Saturday morning, more than 20 people, some with
their hands covered by hoodie sleeves for warmth, stood quietly
beyond yellow police tape as officers guarded a crime scene from the
other side.
A
short distance, about three houses away, 26-year-old Jerrell Butler
lay dead, his short life snuffed out by a bullet while standing on a
sidewalk talking to his 32-year-old cousin, according to the Tribune.
The two were hit by a hail of lead along the 900 block of North Drake
Avenue after 1 a.m. Saturday.
In
a familiar if ironic twist, the surviving victim offered no help to
police who described him as “uncooperative.”
"You're
the police, you figure out what happened" he reportedly said
when asked for details about the shooting.
The
two shooting victims were not alone Thursday. Another man was killed
and eight others injured by gunfire across the South and West Sides
Friday night and Saturday morning. None of the reported shootings
occurred north
of Division Street.
At
the Butler killing, some potential witnesses from adjacent two-story
brick apartments told police they didn't see, or hear, anything,
while others turned and walked away from police.
A
passerby whose path home was blocked by police tape shook her head
and leaned from side to side on each foot to keep warm.
"This
neighorhood sucks," she said. "I'm cold and I want to go
home."
The
woman said the entire city is getting “rough.”
"People
are just heartless ... their hearts are cold. You can't predict it.
It's not the neighborhood, it's people in general.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.