After the 12 months’s most violent weekend — during which 52 individuals had been shot, eight fatally — the town’s high cop referred to as the bloodshed “despicable.” “Weekends like this remind us of the challenges we face and that they are complex and profound,” Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson instructed reporters Monday at police headquarters at 35th Street and South Michigan Avenue. Police mentioned many of the shootings weren't random and had been a results of an uptick in gang exercise on the South and West sides. Johnson mentioned 92 weapons had been recovered throughout the weekend — about double for what can be thought of typical for a weekend within the metropolis. And 18