Chicago recorded nine homicides between 6 p.m. Friday and midnight Sunday, a weekend police said was the deadliest of the year for a city that has seen the number of fatal shootings surge this year after a previous decline. There have been 50 homicides this year compared to 33 for the same period in 2019, and the 225 shooting victims — 58 more than a year ago, authorities said. Homicides and shootings have dropped significantly the past three years in Chicago, after a 2016 surge in deaths captured national attention. “While there is no such thing as a tolerable level of violence, this past weekend was utterly unacceptable,” the mayor said in a statement. Guglielmi said as of Monday morning, police had made arrests in three of the weekend homicides.

Source: thestar February 10, 2020 18:06 UTC