The New Media Journal | Five Dead, 25 Wounded During Violent 50 Hours in Chicago

The New Media Journal | Five Dead, 25 Wounded During Violent 50 Hours in Chicago

Three men and two teenage boys were killed -- and at least 26 other people suffered violent injuries -- during an especially bloody 48-hour period. Both boys were shot and killed while attending block parties.

Three of the murders, and many of the shootings, were on the West Side -- an area the Chicago Sun-Times reported top police officials are targeting gang members. Police confirmed Sunday that at least two of the West Side shootings were gang-related.

The Sun-Times reported Sunday Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis and other top law enforcement officials met with reputed leaders of several West Side street gangs as part of the Chicago Gang Violence Reduction Initiative.

When one of those gangs is involved in a killing, sources said, authorities plan to make their leaders' lives miserable, doing everything from towing their cars for parking violations, to ramping up parole visits, to pulling them over repeatedly for traffic stops.

The murders started shortly after midnight Saturday when two men sitting on a porch in the 7000 block of West Grand Avenue were shot. A 24-year-old man -- identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office as Edward Ramos -- was killed and a 22-year-old man was initially hospitalized in “stable” condition with a gunshot wound to the leg.

Editor's Note: Good to see that all that "community organizing" that Mr. Obama did back in his Chicago days paid off...or was that just to achieve "housing" and "mortgages" that people couldn't afford. Come to think of it, what exactly did Mr. Obama do in Chicago that made him this legendary community organizer?

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