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A video gone viral this week featuring the audio of insane gun battles between rival gangs in Chicago at night.
Shootings in Chicago have become an epidemic as 78 were shot just this weekend and another 10 shot just this Wednesday.
Chicago has seen at least 331 homicides so far this year, compared to 319 at this point last year and 247 in 2019. That’s an almost 4 percent increase over last year and a 34 percent increase compared to 2019.
There have been at least 1,842 shootings this year, compared to 1,625 at this time in 2020 and 1,171 in 2019. This year has seen a more than 13 percent increase compared to 2020, and 57 percent compared to 2019.