Through the end of October, 580 people have been killed in the city, marking a 16% decline compared with the same period in 2021 — the city's deadliest year since the 1990s — and a 13% drop compared with 2020.
Chicago is approaching 600 homicides in 2022, but the number of shootings and killings remain below each of the past two years, according to new data from the Chicago Police Department.Through the end of October, 580 people have been killed in the city, per CPD figures. That marks a 16% decline compared with the same period in 2021 — the city's deadliest year since the 1990s — and a 13% drop compared with 2020.
In the past month alone, there were 61 homicides — matching the total from October 2021 — and 250 shootings. That included a mass shooting on Halloween night in which at least 11 adults and three children were injured in the Garfield Park neighborhood.
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