Downtown Chicago Shootings Surge 220 Percent Since 2019

AWR HawkinsOctober 29, 2021

Shootings in the downtown area of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago have increased 220 percent since 2019.

The Chicago Sun-Times points out that the 220 percent surge is in the Central police district and is measured in “shootings per 1,000 residents.”

The Central police district “includes much of the downtown business district.”

The Near North district, which also “includes parts of downtown and also Lincoln Park,” has seen a 120 percent surge in shootings.

Chicago Police command center vehicle sits on North Avenue Beach in Chicago, Illinois, on June 18, 2021. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)

In addition to shootings, Chicago’s downtown area has witnessed “a 35 percent increase in sexual assaults.” And vehicle thefts have shot up 51 percent.

Deputy Mayor of Public Safety John O’Malley told the Sun-Times, “Not only are we trying to deal with things that are happening downtown…[but also] dealing with and having these same conversations and same meetings with community members all across the city, where some areas violence is a daily, if not hourly, concern.”

Fox32 reports that 11 people were shot Thursday alone in Mayor Lightfoot’s Chicago. Two of the shooting victims succumbed to their wounds.

HeyJackass.com notes that 3,220 people have been shot and wounded in Chicago thus far in 2021, and another 668 have been shot and killed.

President Joe Biden greets Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. While in the Chicago area, Biden will highlight his order to require large employers to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for its workers during a visit to a construction site. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

President Joe Biden greets Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, October 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. Reach him at [email protected]. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange.