Chicago has seen 3,237 shootings as of Dec. 27, 2020, a 53 percent year-over-year increase, according to new figures released by the Chicago Police Department (pdf). By comparison, in the same period in 2019, there were 2,120 shootings, the statistics show.
The latest shooting in Chicago, which took place in the early morning hours of Dec. 31, involved a 33-year-old man who was standing outside in the 3600 Block of W. Grand, when an unknown assailant in a passing dark-colored vehicle fired shots, striking him in the shoulder. He was taken to the hospital, where he is good condition, police said.
