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Chicago shootings pass 1,000 mark
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Mostly black on black but hey black lives somehow matter? Only when the rare white shooter does it.
Chicago shootings pass 1 000 mark apos I just need to see it apos s my child apos grieving mom cries - Chicago Tribune
The mother's cries filled the empty street in Bridgeport as her 17-year-old son lay under a white sheet behind yellow crime scene tape.
"I just need to touch him," she cried out. "I just need to see it's my child. Please."
Then in a final plea, she screamed, "Just let me get him. Let me get him."
Video: A mother grieves for her dead son
But a friend held her back, wrapping his arms around her as police took photos of Richard Edwards, who was shot around 2 a.m. Saturday in the 700 block of West 35th Street. He was one of five people killed in Chicago over the weekend as the number of people shot in the city this year passed 1,000.
Chicago has hit the somber milestone even sooner than the violent year of 2012, when the city saw 500 homicides for the first time since 2008. Shootings that year were up 11 percent. The city reached the 1,000 mark on June 9 in 2012. In 2013 it was on June 26 and last year it was on June 15.
This year, Chicago passed the mark sometime late Thursday into early Friday morning, according to data collected and analyzed by the Chicago Tribune.
Through Monday morning, about 1,050 people had been shot in the city since the year began, according to the Tribune's data. Through June 8 last year there were 924 people shot. In 2013 the number was 820 through June 8, and in 2012 it was 981.
75% of the victims are black, and 20% are Hispanic.
86% of all Chicago are caused by a gunshot wound, despite strict gun control.
Mostly black on black but hey black lives somehow matter? Only when the rare white shooter does it.