According to the Chicago Tribune, August has been the
most violent month in the city in almost 20 years. The city hasn't seen a
deadlier month since October of 1997, when there were 79 homicides. For the
whole year, the count was 761, according to department numbers.
Chicago has recorded 487 homicides and more than
2,800 people shot so far this year, compared to 491 homicides and 2,988 people
shot all of last year, according to Tribune data.
Chicago has a lower homicide rate than many other
U.S. cities that are smaller in population. But this year, the city has
recorded more homicides and shooting victims than New York City and Los Angeles
combined, even though the two cities are larger than Chicago's population of
roughly 2.6 million.
New York, with more than three times the population
of Chicago, has recorded 760 shooting victims and logged 222 homicides,
according to NYPD crime statistics through Aug. 21. In Los Angeles, a city of
about 4 million, 176 people have been slain and 729 people shot, according to
LAPD crime data through Aug. 20.
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