The troubling reality is mass shootings like this are skyrocketing in Chicago compared to the rest of the country.
New York City has had three mass shootings so far this year, and Los Angeles has had two, but Chicago –despite a smaller population than both of those cities – has already had 10.
Overall during the last three years, Chicago has gone from 33 mass shootings in 2019, to 53 in 2020, to 60 in 2021.Thursday night's shooting was the worst mass shooting of the year in Chicago.
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