- September 20, 2013
- http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/21/us/chicago-shooting.html?hp&_r=0
The New York Times reports a shooting in a South Side park located in Chicago on Thursday night, wounding thirteen people. The gunman was armed with an assault-style rifle equipped with a high-capacity magazine. Gary McCarthy, Chicago police superintendent, states that having a military-grade weapon in the streets of Chicago are not acceptable. Police report that two died during the Cornell Square shooting and the rest are wounded. Among the wounded is a three-year-old boy who was struck in the face, but expected to live. The little boy as well as two other people were hospitalized in critical condition but they are all expected to survive. The police are uncertain on whom the intended target is and what the motive was, they are even unsure of how many people fired weapons. McCarthy said there may have been one gunman or up to three. Chicago had more than 500 homicides last year, that is more than New York which has three times as many people. These violent crimes happen in the poorer parts of Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel states that this crime will be prosecuted and everyone is encouraged to step out with details. It caused an uproar with community, more witnesses came out for this shooting than any other. In recent months, Chicago has increased the amount of police on duty in twenty zones. That has decreased shootings by twenty percent, but the shooting that took place Thursday night was not one of those zones. The city is doing better, but has yet more improvement to make.
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