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1646 shooting victims in chicago over 40 weeks = 36 shooting victims per week. Although these are cases so there are probably multiple victims in many cases.

If you go back 10 years, there are around 34,000 cases of gunshot victims.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/58-shot-weekend-chicago-governor-r...

https://cwbchicago.com/2025/11/two-killed-21-wounded-in-hall...

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So what you're saying is that the rate of violence has been dropping over the last decade? And that we should ignore fed violence (against brown, white, and black people)?

And how does this compare to other cities on a population adjusted basis?

“Chicago ranked 8th out of a bigger sample of 24 cities in terms of the homicide rate in both 2023 and 2024.”

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8jl969pg7o.amp

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