Chicago police superintendent David Brown told reporters Monday that attacks on police officers are up “five times” over previous years amid a spike in shootings that has left the city reeling.
Last week, 72 people were shot and wounded in Chicago and 18 people were killed, a slight increase over 2019. Overall, though, the summer has been a deadly one for Chicago residents; murders and shootings are each up 52% over last year, according to the Chicago Police Department’s official statistics.
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