U.S. Record Surge in Shootings Across the Country


Baltimore

~ Baltimore Records More Homicides And Shootings In 2021 Than In 2020 – YouTube


Buffalo

~ Increase in gun violence in Buffalo – YouTube

~ Rise In Shootings In Buffalo – YouTube


Chicago

~ 2021 ends as Chicago’s deadliest year in a quarter century – YouTube

~ Cook County Medical Examiner More Homicides Countywide In 2021 Than Any Other Year On Record – YouTube

~ Chicago homicides and shootings rise sharply in 2020 – YouTube


Chicago – Children Shot

~ 7 children shot, 1 dead in Chicago over the weekend – ABC News – VIDEO

~ 11-year-old girl shot in the face at South Side gas station Monday night – YouTube

~ Chicago drive-thru shooting results in death of 7-year-old girl – Fox News – VIDEO

~ Chicago police Nearly 200 juveniles shot so far in 2021 – YouTube

~ Chicago police stress importance of coming forward with information after recent shootings of childr – YouTube

~ Chicago sees sharp rise in fatal shootings involving children report – YouTube

~ More Than 120 Kids Under 18 Have Been Shot In Chicago So Far This Year, In A Crisis With Wide-Ranging Effects – CBS Chicago – VIDEO

~ Report Chicago sees sharp rise in deadly shootings involving children – YouTube

~ Second Man Charged in Murder of 7-Year-Old Jaslyn Adams, Police Say – NBC Chicago – VIDEO

~ Two Children Shot In East Garfield Park After Back To School Picnic – CBS Chicago – VIDEO


Chicago- Expressway Shootings

~ 171 Chicago Area Expressway Shootings So Far This Year, Compared With 128 All Last Year – CBS Chicago – VIDEO

~ ‘A unique phenomenon’ More than 200 Chicago expressway shootings reported in 2021 – YouTube

~ Despite legislation, expressway shootings skyrocketing in 2021 – YouTube

~ Illinois State Police Increase Presence Following Rise In Expressway Shootings – YouTube

~ Expressway Shootings Are Spiking In Illinois, But Cameras That Record Video Still Aren’t Up – YouTube


Chicago – Weekend Violence

~ 16 killed, over 100 shot, during Fourth of July weekend in Chicago – WGN-TV – VIDEO

~ 85 shot, 14 fatally, in Chicago weekend violence – YouTube

~ At Least 100 People Shot In Chicago Over Independence Day Weekend – CBS Chicago – VIDEO

~ Chicago’s most violent weekend of 2021 More than 90 shot, 16 killed – YouTube

~ CPD Shootings on the rise in Chicago after 51 shot, 8 killed over weekend – YouTube

~ Chicago’s top cop speaks out after 100 wounded in shootings over holiday weekend – YouTube

~ Labor Day weekend is shaping up to be a particularly violent one for children in Chicago. – ABC 7 Chicago – VIDEO


Chicago – Mass Shootings

~ 2 separate mass shootings in Chicago overnight – YouTube

~ 10 injured in back-to-back mass shootings on Chicago’s West Side – YouTube

~ 11 People Struck, 1 Fatally, In Chicago Lawn Mass Shooting, Officials Say – CBS Chicago – VIDEO

~ 14 People Shot In Two Mass Shootings During Holiday Weekend; 14-Year-Old Among Killed – YouTube

~ 15 shot while attending funeral on Chicago’s South Side – YouTube

~ 17 shot, 2 fatally, in 2 Chicago mass shootings – YouTube

~ 17 shot, 2 fatally, in 2 separate mass shootings in Chicago – YouTube

~ Another mass shooting in Chicago 5 shot, 3 in critical condition – YouTube

~ Chicago mass shootings Teen killed, 9 others shot at 2 scenes in North Lawndale ABC7 Chicago – YouTube

~ City Struggles To Cope As Mass Shootings Cause Lasting Damage – YouTube

MASS SHOOTING AT CHICAGO POP UP PARTY CAUGHT ON VIDEO, 15 SHOT, 2 DEAD – YouTube

~ Mass shootings leave 2 dead, at least 17 injured – YouTube

~ Mass Shootings On The Rise In Chicago – CBS 2 Chicago – VIDEO

~ More Than A Dozen People Injured In 2 Mass Shootings Overnight – YouTube

~ Mother of 3 killed in ‘brazen’ Chicago mass shooting, 9 others injured ABC7 Chicago – YouTube

~ SILENCE Nobody talking to Chicago police after 2 mass shootings on West Side – YouTube

~ Two mass shootings hours apart rattle Chicagoans – YouTube

~ With 3 Mass Shootings In 4 Days On West Side, Community Leaders Hold Peace Walk And Talk With Neighbors About Crisis – CBS 2 Chicago – VIDEO

~ With So Many Mass Shootings In Chicago, Pastor Worries That Chicagoans Are Becoming Numb – YouTube


Charlotte


Decatur, Il

Shootings on the rise in Decatur IL – YouTube


Detroit

~ Gas station shootings on the rise in metro Detroit – YouTube

~ Detroit sees 19 percent increase in homicides; Non-fatal shootings jump 53 percent in 2020 – YouTube


Erie

~ Erie Police concerned about recent rise of shootings in the city – YouTube


Fresno

~ Fresno breaks grim record, sees more shootings in 2020 than ever before – ABC30 Fresno


Iowa


Jacksonville

~ Rise in shootings in Jacksonville – YouTube


Knoxville

~ 38 deadly shootings in Knoxville in 2021 – YouTube


L.A.


Louisville

~ Homicide records broken for Louisville; 123 children shot in 2021 – YouTube

~ Louisville sees rise in shootings during coronavirus pandemic – YouTube


Miami

~ Local Activist Says Something Needs To Be Done About Rise In NW Miami-Dade Shootings – YouTube


Milwaukee

~ More than a dozen Milwaukee weekend shootings, leaders seek solutions FOX6 News Milwaukee – YouTube

~ Non-fatal shootings in Milwaukee nearly double from same time last year – YouTube


Minneapolis

~ Rise In Mpls. Shootings Alarm City Leaders – YouTube


New Orleans

~ Shootings, homicides on the rise in New Orleans in 2020 – YouTube


New York City

~ NYC shootings continue to skyrocket, NYPD stats show – New York Post – VIDEO

~ NYC has now seen more than 500 shootings in 2020 – YouTube

~ NYC shootings No end in sight to dramatic rise in gun violence – YouTube

~ NYPD Crime Stats Show Increase In Shootings – YouTube

~ NYPD Crime Stats Show Skyrocketing Number Of Shootings In NYC – YouTube

~ Protesters call for more policing amid rise in gun violence – YouTube

~ Shootings rising dramatically in NYC, police data shows – YouTube

~ Uptick in NYC shootings persists – YouTube


New Jersey


Orlando

~ Residents say they’re sick of violence as Orlando sees increase in shootings – YouTube


Philadelphia

~ Shootings Continue in Philadelphia as Kids Witness Man Being Killed NBC10 Philadelphia – YouTube


Portland

~ New data shows surge in Portland shootings, with 488 so far this year – YouTube

~ Portland city leaders address rise in shootings – YouTube

~ Portland hits most shootings on record in a single year – YouTube

~ Portland police report 240% increase in July shootings compared to 2019 – YouTube

~ Rise in shootings in NE Portland ‘scary and upsetting’ – YouTube

~ Shootings continue to surge in Portland – YouTube

~ String of shootings in SE Portland neighborhood has neighbors on edge – YouTube


San Francisco


South Carolina


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