Chicago News

This week, a young man went to Chicago to pursue a doctoral degree at Northwestern University, and after being there only three hours he was shot dead. He was waiting at a bus stop and got caught in a crossfire. (Source)

Here are some other Chicago headlines from recent days:

• In less than 7 hours, 41 shot, 5 fatally as violence rips Chicago (Source)
• 14 hours in Chicago: 25 people shot, including 3-year-old boy (Source)
• 30 shot over 3-hour span in Chicago, including 11-year-old and at least 11 teens (Source)

There are many headlines like these. I’m beginning to think if certain parts of Chicago don’t get rained on with fire and brimstone soon, the Lord owes Sodom and Gomorrah an apology.

• Teen gun violence activist Delmonte Johnson fatally shot on South Side (Source)
• 27 year old woman shot and killed while sitting in car (Source)
• 2 killed, 6 wounded Saturday in city shootings (Source)

This is ordinary, everyday stuff in south Chicago. To be fair, you can read headlines like this in many American cities. There are simply more of them in Chicago newspapers. It seems like for south Chicago youth, life is the law of the jungle: kill or be killed. For many, it’s the only life they know.