Crime & Safety
85 Shot In Chicago In Most Violent Week Of The Year: Report
At least nine people were killed and 76 wounded between April 30 and May 6, according to a report.

CHICAGO, IL — Children, teens, a young mother, and a federal agent were among at least 85 people shot in Chicago between Monday, April 30 and Sunday, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune. At least nine people died from their gunshot wounds. Chicago's West Side saw the most gun violence over that time period, police said.
Nearly half of the shootings happened in the Harrison, Ogden and Austin police districts on the West Side, according to the report.
At least 25 people were shot in the Ogden District, the Tribune reported. The victims included two women who were visiting their relative in the hospital after he had been shot earlier in the day. The women, both 35 years old, were standing outside the hospital's emergency room around 8 p.m. when someone inside a dark-colored sedan pulled up and fired shots, police said. The women were listed in fair and good condition, police said.
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Five people were shot in the Harrison district Wednesday night, including a young mother of a 1-year-old daughter. The woman was standing with two men and two boys when all five were shot in a drive-by, police said.
Here is a map of the West Side neighborhoods that saw the most violence:
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Five people were shot in the Austin District, and at least six were shot in the Grand Central District on the Northwest Side, according to the Tribune data. Five people were shot in the Englewood Police District on the South Side and there were five shootings in the Calumet District on the Far South Side, according to the report.
On Friday, an ATF agent was shot in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side. The agent was working in the 4500 block of South Hermitage when he was shot in what federal officials called an "ambush." Local activists and law enforcement agencies teamed to raise $61,000 as a reward for information that led to the capture of the suspect.
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