Bloody Weekend – Dozens Shot Across Chicago, NYC 

The rise in violent crime this summer across some of America’s top metro areas continued over the weekend, with dozens of shootings seen in Chicago and New York. 

NBC Chicago reports violent crime surged over the weekend, with some of the highest numbers recorded for the month. More than 60 people were shot and five died of their injuries. The chaos started early Friday evening and continued into Monday morning. The most recent fatal shooting was early Monday when a 29-year-old was gunned down on the 2400 block of South Trumbell.

The weekend before, Chicago observed 40 shootings and four deaths. A noticeable tick up in violent crime has been realized on a week over week basis.

Crime stats website HeyJackass! provides visuals of the crime spike this past weekend. On a 30 day basis, 415 people have been shot, and 69 killed. 

Much of the violent crime this year is concentrated in the Southwest, Sout Side, and West Side parts of the metro area. 

Someone is shot in Chicagoland every two minutes and ten seconds, while a murder is seen every eleven hours and 30 minutes. 

Guns are used in a majority of homicides. 

Most of the people shot this year sustained upper body trauma. 

While Chicago continues to spiral out of control, New York recorded at least 50 shot and six deaths this past weekend.

As gun violence surges in the Big Apple, President Trump weighed in on Twitter:

“Law and Order,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “If NYC Mayor [Bill de Blasio] can’t do it, we will!”

Chicago, New York, and other top metro areas have seen a jump in violent crime since the virus-induced recession began, followed by months of social unrest. From May to June, homicides in 20 major cities soared by 37%, led by Chicago, Philadelphia, and Milwaukee. 

The increases coincide with depressionary unemployment, as liberal-run metro areas implode, forcing people to flee to suburbia.