August Wrap-up
Posted on September 1, 2016
Well… that was a shitshow. Even our generous prediction fell shorter than a Jay Cutler interception, “We’re not going to go as far as to predict a repeat of August 1991’s 122 homicides, we will however predict another 70 homicides plus another 425 shot and wounded.”
Final Stupidity Tally: 95 killed, 398 wounded
August 2015: 56 dead, 307 wounded
August 2014: 54 dead, 250 wounded
A breakdown of the month’s idiocy shows:
- 81 shot & killed
- 4 stabbed
- 4 arson related
- 2 ongoing “death investigations”
- 3 police-involved shootings, 0 fatal
- 68 in serious or critical condition
- 80 males killed vs 8 females
- 91 teenagers shot, 11 killed
- 28 grazed
- 3 selfies
- 19 #ShotInTheAss
Looking ahead, September means back to “school” and a time to settle old scores. Last September posted a 2015 high of 63 homicides with an additional 303 shot and wounded. Given the trend has been 70+, we’ll predict 75 homicides plus another 400 shot and wounded with the 500th homicide being tallied over Labor Day weekend.