Amid Calls for Gun Violence Legislation, Chicago Sees Deadliest Month in 20 Years

By Da’Shawn Mosley
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Sep 1, 2016
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August 2016 was Chicago’s deadliest month since August 1996, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. In Aug. 2016 384 shootings occurred in the city, resulting in 472 shooting victims and 90 fatalities.

According to the Chicago Tribune, the city's police superintendent Eddie Johnson believes the mass distribution of guns in the city shoulders some of the blame for the new startling statistics.

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