A violence prevention group hopes to deliver extra peace to a South Side neighborhood with with every bit of pizza offered at a brand new restaurant opening on the finish of the month. Peace of Pizza, positioned at 1801 W. 95th St., will function a coaching floor for teenagers to develop expertise working in a restaurant. They can even be taught to be punctual and easy methods to maneuver in knowledgeable atmosphere. “Eat a slice and save a life,” stated Tamar Manasseh, founding father of M.A.S.Ok. and the brand new restaurant, which is the enterprise arm of the non-profit Mothers/Men Against Senseless Killings. “Just eating pizza with us can help reduce gun violence because we are
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7 shot Tuesday in Chicago gun violence
Seven folks have been wounded Tuesday in shootings throughout Chicago, together with a person who was discovered shot in Gresham on the South Side. Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert about 10:18 p.m. within the 1300 block of West 76th Street and located the 29-year-old on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the stomach, Chicago police mentioned. The man’s situation was stabilized on the University of Chicago Medical Center. About an hour earlier, a 21-year-old man was wounded in Garfield Park. He was strolling about 9:15 p.m. within the 3200 block of West Warren Boulevard when two males approached him on foot and opened hearth, police mentioned. The man was hit within the leg and
Chicago shootings: At least 7 wounded Friday in gun violence
At least seven individuals have been wounded Friday in shootings throughout Chicago, together with a person shot a number of occasions in a automobile on the North Side. A automobile pulled up from behind and at the very least one individual inside fired photographs, Chicago police stated. The bullets entered the again of his automobile and struck the 31-year-old twice within the shoulder. The capturing occurred about eight p.m. within the 4600 block of North Leavitt Avenue in Ravenswood. He drove off and took himself to Swedish Covenant Hospital, the place his situation was stabilized. The shooter’s automobile was occupied by three individuals and was final seen driving west on Wilson Avenue, police stated. Hours earlier
Johnson calls degree of weekend violence ‘despicable’
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