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Chicago saw a major rise in violent crime starting in the late 1960s. Murders in the city peaked in 1974, with 970 murders when the city's population was over three million, resulting in a murder rate of around 29 per 100,000, and again in 1992, with 943 murders when the city had fewer than three million people, resulting in a murder rate of 34 murders per 100,000 citizens.
Chicago: 1994-09-01: 11-year-old boy known as "Yummy" killed by fellow gang members out of fear he could become an informant: Murder of Eric Morse: Chicago: 1994-10-13: Five-year-old African-American boy dropped from a high-rise in the Ida B. Wells Homes by a 10- and 11-year-old boys: Murder of Karyn Hearn Slover: Decatur: 1996-09-27
English: Chicago homicide rate per 100,000 population, from 1870 to 2015. Data source 1870 to 1930 and 1931 and 1933 to 1959 FBI UCR reports. 1960 to 2014 from Chicago Police reports. 1932 from Annual Report of the Citizens' Association of Chicago December 1935 pg. 12, 1933 from Population from US Census.
Over the Labor Day weekend, thirteen people were shot dead, bringing the death toll in that city over 500 for the year. Chicago homicides climb over 500, deadliest year in two decades Skip to main ...
Chicago, with a population of 2.7 million, has more shootings and homicides than any other U.S. city, according to FBI and Chicago police data. Murder cases soar in Chicago as detective force ...
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In the days since, guns have killed at least 2244 more people. Chicago has seen more recent gun deaths than any other city in the U.S. In a speech there, President Obama said "too many of our children are being taken away from us" as a result of gun violence.