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Six shot at Chicago laundry facility
(Reuters) - Six people, two of them teens, were shot and another person was injured at a laundromat on Chicago's South Side on Monday evening, officials said.
The shooting took place around 8:05 p.m. local time (9.05 P.m. ET), said Chicago Police Department spokesman Ron Gaines.
There were no arrests and police were still working to determine the cause of the shooting, Gaines said. A fire department official had earlier said seven people were shot.
Three of the injured were transported to area hospitals in serious to critical condition, including a 14-year old victim, said Larry Langford, a spokesman for the Chicago Fire Department.
None of the injuries were life-threatening, Gaines said.
Victims were aged 14 to 52 and two were women, Gaines said. Another victim was 16-years-old, according to Gaines.
Rescue workers found many of the victims still lying on the floor of the coin-machine laundromat, its windows shattered in the attack, Langford said.
SOURCE: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/03/us-usa-illinois-shooting-idUSKBN0EE0AJ20140603
The shooting took place around 8:05 p.m. local time (9.05 P.m. ET), said Chicago Police Department spokesman Ron Gaines.
There were no arrests and police were still working to determine the cause of the shooting, Gaines said. A fire department official had earlier said seven people were shot.
Three of the injured were transported to area hospitals in serious to critical condition, including a 14-year old victim, said Larry Langford, a spokesman for the Chicago Fire Department.
None of the injuries were life-threatening, Gaines said.
Victims were aged 14 to 52 and two were women, Gaines said. Another victim was 16-years-old, according to Gaines.
Rescue workers found many of the victims still lying on the floor of the coin-machine laundromat, its windows shattered in the attack, Langford said.
SOURCE: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/03/us-usa-illinois-shooting-idUSKBN0EE0AJ20140603
If you don't hear about it, maybe you're watching the wrong channels; I hear about these things all over the State, though probably not on "national" news.
I hear absolutely nothing for the area in which I live. Nothing, yet I know it is happening. They say they dont report it because of tourists coming here. Yet I hear it about neighboring towns around me every single day. A couple of so called friends got into an argument at a bar and shot each other, or drive bys, or beating old people, bank robberies, you name it.
.www.cnn.com/2014/01/13/justice/florida-movie-theater-shooting
www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/.../clearwater-beach-shooting_n_539485
www.foxnews.com/.../2014/.../4-arrested-2-shot-in-m..
www.usatoday.com/story/.../florida-state...shooting/5059041/
You know, I don't think gun crime in my home town makes national news very often and they are on pace to break records for homicides this year. I do know that some of the random shootings amongst gangs doesn't make the news there regularly.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/.../clearwater-beach-shooting_n_539485
www.foxnews.com/.../2014/.../4-arrested-2-shot-in-m..
www.usatoday.com/story/.../florida-state...shooting/5059041/
You know, I don't think gun crime in my home town makes national news very often and they are on pace to break records for homicides this year. I do know that some of the random shootings amongst gangs doesn't make the news there regularly.
http://www.policymic.com/articles/64279/the-15-most-murderous-cities-in-the-united-states
I dunno how many, but it seems like every night, people killing each other for nothing. Sick pups out there
108 people have been killed in Chicago this year, doubt you have that many near you.
I didnt say anything about Obama. I simply stated that the same things going on near me never make the national spotlight.
Yeah, just like when shootings in LA (gangs) were real high that made the news every night in the 80's and 90's. And when NYC was not safe, that was on the news nightly. Makes no difference that Obama is from the area.
Chicago is out of control.
Chicago is out of control.
Yeah? so thats the reason is it?
Because Chicago has turned into the murder capital of the country.
I will break it down even further for ya. How come Chicago makes national news, but when something like this happens in a town near me, it never does?
So... let's break this down, shall we?
1) Teens
2) South Chicago
3) Coin operated Laundromat
4) Indiscriminate gun fire
Hmmmmm.
Black on black gang activity perhaps???
Unfortunate that a few innocents were caught in the crossfire. I hope they all survive. Tired of the media sugar-coating this type of stuff. Why not report it for what it is. GANG VIOLENCE
1) Teens
2) South Chicago
3) Coin operated Laundromat
4) Indiscriminate gun fire
Hmmmmm.
Black on black gang activity perhaps???
Unfortunate that a few innocents were caught in the crossfire. I hope they all survive. Tired of the media sugar-coating this type of stuff. Why not report it for what it is. GANG VIOLENCE
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