Thread: Chicago Police Seized ‘One Illegal Handgun Per Hour Of This Year’

Chicago Police Seized ‘One Illegal Handgun Per Hour Of This Year’

By Mai Martinez July 4, 2018 at 6:13 pm

CHICAGO (CBS) — Three police-involved shootings happened in less than 30 hours this week.

Chicago’s top cop told CBS 2’s Mai Martinez the incidents highlight how bad the illegal gun problem is in Chicago.

Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson expressed his frustration over the illegal gun problem in Chicago where he says officers are seizing, on average, one illegal handgun per hour of this year.

“There is just a prolific number of guns out here on the streets and some individuals just don’t want to play by the rules of society,” Johnson stated.

He said that is what led to three police-involved shootings in less than 30 hours.

The first incident happened Monday around 9:30 p.m. at 79th and Yates. The 17-year-old male offender was shot by an officer. The officer says the teen pointed a gun at him.

The second incident happened around 8 p.m. Tuesday in the 4700 block of West Fulton, where officers shot and killed the armed man.

The third incident happened around 2:40 a.m. Wednesday in the 900 block of North Massasoit, where officers say they were confronted by an armed man. No one was injured in the shooting, but the 21-year-old suspect was arrested.

Chicago Police say weapons were recovered in all three shootings and a CPD spokesperson tweeted pictures of the three guns.

“It highlights how brazen some of these individuals are and they’re willing to confront police,” said Johnson. “There’s a lot of reasons for that but I tell you this: we can never understate the national narrative, the anti-police narrative. That’s out there and I think some of these individuals think that, that is going to justify their actions and it just doesn’t.”

Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson says Chicago Police recover more guns than officers in New York City and L.A. combined.

https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/07...-of-this-year/

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

Chicago Police Seized ‘One Illegal Handgun Per Hour Of This Year’

Not surprised.

That would be a lot of arrests, funny, the article didn't mention the number of associated arrests.

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Study: Many Arrested in Chicago Close to Illegal Guns

Published at 4:22 PM CDT on May 28, 2018

Many people arrested in Chicago were within just a few degrees of separation from someone illegally possessing a firearm, according to a recent study.

The study by Northwestern University researchers was published in the Journal of Urban Health earlier this month, The Chicago Tribune reported . It attempts to understand the city's gun market through network science.

Researchers used arrest records, gang membership rosters, shooting data and gun recoveries to group together about 188,000 arrestees and pinpoint who possessed illegal weapons. People within these networks were usually two or three connections away from a weapon, the study said.

"That's essentially a friend of a friend," said Andrew Papachristos, the study's co-author and a professor of sociology at Northwestern University. "The idea is to understand how guns move. We don't have good data on guns, and (on) how people find and use guns in Chicago, beyond police reports and anecdotes."

Gangs played a big role in facilitating gun access, the study said. Those in gangs were typically one or two connections away from illegal firearms, Papachristos said.

"The reason people join gangs is for protection or access to a gun to protect themselves and their friends," he said.

Boosted enforcement efforts, such as outreach and intervention, could lead gang leaders to be more restrictive with their supply of guns, the study said.

While many efforts have focused on crime-fighting and criminal justice, studying social networks may provide better targeting for public health intervention, researchers said.

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/loca...483880581.html