A male child was found shot to death in an alley in Chicago’s Washington Park neighborhood Wednesday just before 8:00 a.m.
ABC 7 reported the child had been shot in the chest.
Law enforcement has yet to determine exactly when the shooting occurred or what motivated it, but the Chicago Sun-Times noted that “police are trying to determine who is responsible for the fatal shooting.”
The shooting death comes days after a weekend in which Chicago witnessed at least 30 shooting victims, five of whom succumbed to their wounds.
On Tuesday, Breitbart News noted that over 32,000 people have been shot in Chicago during the past decade alone. The tally includes both fatal and non-fatal shootings.
Breitbart News also pointed out that there have been more than 6,200 murders in Chicago during the past decade.
Despite the years of violence, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) fought back against President Trump’s use of national guard troops to get crime under control in the Windy City.
In a post to X, Murphy wrote in part, “[Trump’s focus on Chicago] has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.”
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio, a member of the NRA and Gun Owners of America, and the director of global marketing for Lone Star Hunts. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and has a Ph.D. in Military History. Follow him on X: @awrhawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at [email protected].
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