November to Date
Shot & Killed: 5
Shot & Wounded: 26
Total Shot: 31
Total Homicides: 5
November to Date
Shot & Killed: 5
Shot & Wounded: 26
Total Shot: 31
Total Homicides: 5
Final October Totals
Shot & Killed: 29
Shot & Wounded: 202
Total Shot: 231
Total Homicides: 31
Year To Date
Shot & Killed: 384
Shot & Wounded: 2198
Total Shot: 2582
Total Homicides: 434
It’s often said that the best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun (or a bunch of laws and signs of course).
“Carolina Cabrales says she was more confused than afraid when a masked robber grabbed her 13-year-old brother, put a gun to his head and dragged him inside the family-owned currency exchange in Chicago’s Gage Park neighborhood over the weekend.
The 17-year-old said she was near the counter and immediately recognized the voice of the robber as the neighbor from around the block who worked at the store when she was little. He had even nicknamed her Junior because she looked so much like her mother.
Then suddenly there was gunfire, and the robber, Reginald Gildersleeve, lay dead from several gunshots fired by a customer who had a concealed carry license and a valid gun owner’s card, according to police and witnesses.
Police said it was unlikely that the customer will face charges.”
Good. No further commentary necessary.
20 Comments | View all Enlightening Commentary| Placement | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| head | 106 | 80 |
| chest | 92 | 114 |
| back | 47 | 211 |
| abdomen | 28 | 132 |
| side | 16 | 38 |
| face | 8 | 60 |
| neck | 8 | 42 |
| shoulder | 3 | 95 |
| other | 6 | 1287 |
| As of 10/29/15 |
| Neighborhood | Homicides | Wounded | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Englewood | 26 | 262 | 288 |
| Austin | 43 | 183 | 226 |
| Garfield Park | 25 | 155 | 180 |
| Humboldt Park | 17 | 92 | 109 |
| North Lawndale | 23 | 82 | 105 |
| Roseland | 20 | 85 | 105 |
| New City | 14 | 84 | 98 |
| Chicago Lawn | 8 | 86 | 94 |
| Auburn Gresham | 10 | 81 | 91 |
| South Shore | 17 | 69 | 86 |
| Grand Crossing | 15 | 64 | 79 |
| Chatham | 18 | 59 | 77 |
| West Pullman | 10 | 56 | 66 |
| South Chicago | 14 | 47 | 61 |
| Woodlawn | 5 | 54 | 59 |
| All Others | 163 | 714 | 877 |
| As of 11/1/15 | |||
| Cause | Homicides | % |
|---|---|---|
| Gunshot | 378 | 88.3% |
| Stabbing | 25 | 5.8% |
| Asphyxiation | 8 | 1.9% |
| Trauma | 7 | 1.6% |
| Auto | 5 | 1.2% |
| Assault | 2 | 0.5% |
| Child Abuse | 2 | 0.5% |
| Arson | 1 | 0.2% |
| As of 11/1/15 |
| Race | Victim | Assailant |
|---|---|---|
| Black | 331 | 77 |
| Hispanic | 71 | 19 |
| White/Other | 16 | 8 |
| Police | - | 7 |
| Unknown | 10 | - |
| As of 11/1/15 |
| Gender | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 384 | 1934 |
| Female | 43 | 239 |
| Other | - | - |
| As of 11/1/15 |
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| 2014 | 2015 | YoY % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 103 | 152 | +47.5% |
| Feb | 72 | 78 | +8.3% |
| Mar | 120 | 211 | +75.8% |
| Apr | 263 | 238 | -9.5% |
| May | 270 | 322 | +19.2% |
| Jun | 280 | 289 | +3.2% |
| Jul | 322 | 320 | -0.6% |
| Aug | 296 | 358 | +20.9% |
| Sep | 247 | 361 | +46.1% |
| Oct | 245 | 231 | -5.7% |
| As of 11/1/15 |
*Costs assume the following:
Cost estimates provided by Chicago Killings Cost $2.5 Billion.
| Legal Outcome | Homicides |
|---|---|
| No Suspect Charged | 305 |
| Suspect Charged | 100 |
| Murder/Suicide | 7 |
| Police-Involved | 7 |
| Self-Defense | 4 |
| Year | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7 | 13 |
| 2014 | 17 | 28 |
| 2013 | 13 | 30 |
| 2012 | 8 | 49 |
| 2011 | 23 | 37 |
| 2010 | 13 | 33 |
| 2009 | 19 | 42 |
| # of Victims | # of Incidents | # Killed |
|---|---|---|
| TOUCHDOWN! | 1 | 1 |
| 5 shot | 7 | 6 |
| 4 shot | 9 | 5 |
| Hat Trick | 68 | 27 |
| 2 shot | 270 | 80 |
| As of 11/1/15 |
A “selfie” is an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound or occasionally referred to as a “negligent discharge”. Metric doesn’t include suicides or suicide attempts.
A death investigation is the process whereby the CPD seeks to understand how and why a person died, typically under suspicious circumstances, but has NOT officially declared the incident a homicide.
Dates without a reported shooting or homicide: 1/7, 1/12, 1/15, 2/5, 2/18, 2/24 and 2/28.
| Mayor | Term | Homicides |
|---|---|---|
| Richard J. Daley | 1955-1976 | 10,910 |
| Michael Bilandic | 1976-1979 | 2,408 |
| Jane Byrne | 1979-1983 | 3,202 |
| Harold Washington | 1983-1987 | 3,295 |
| Eugene Sawyer | 1987-1989 | 978 |
| Richard M. Daley | 1989-2011 | 14,653 |
| Rahm Emanuel | 2011- | 1,931 |
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| Freq. | CPD Dist. | Main 'hoods |
|---|---|---|
| 460.1250 | CW 1 | Citywide |
| 460.1750 | CW 2 | Citywide |
| 460.1500 | 1 & 18 | Loop, Mag Mile, Gold Coast |
| 460.5000 | 2 & 21 | Hyde Park, Grand Boulevard |
| 460.0750 | 3 | Woodlawn, South Shore |
| 460.2000 | 4 & 6 | Auburn Gresham, Chatham |
| 460.0250 | 5 & 22 | Roseland, West Pullman |
| 460.4000 | 7 & 8 | Englewood, Chicago Lawn |
| 460.4500 | 12 & 14 | Near West Side, New City |
| 460.1000 | 10 & 11 | Garfield Park, Humboldt Park, N. Lawndale |
| 460.4250 | 15 & 25 | Austin, Belmot-Cragin |
| 460.0500 | 19 | Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Uptown |
| 460.3750 | 20 & 24 | Edgewater, Rogers Park |
| Chicago Fire | Citywide | |
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We compile our own dataset using the following sources: Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Homicide Watch Chicago, DNAInfo Chicago, Chicago Redeye Homicide Tracker(no longer updated), NBC5 Chicago, City of Chicago Data Portal and CPD CLEARMAP.
Community areas and neighborhoods are determined by the Chicago Tribune’s Boundaries App.
Editor’s note: All murders are homicides, but not all homicides are murders. We count homicides, whereas the CPD counts murders. A homicide, regardless of type or by whom, within the city limits of Chicago counts towards our total metric. CPD-involved, ISP-involved and justifiable homicides all count. Reckless homicides may count if the Medical Examiner rules that the cause of death was a homicide. Suicides do not count. Additional definitions can be found on the Glossary page.
