Good afternoon, Chicago.
While preparing for and handling the global spotlight of the Democratic National Convention, the city saw an incremental decrease in homicides for the third consecutive summer, though killings and nonfatal shootings between June and August still outpaced pre-pandemic levels, according to a Tribune review of city violence data.
Chicago recorded 186 homicides between June 1 and Aug. 31, data shows. Another 764 people suffered nonfatal gunshot wounds in that span. Summer 2023 saw 190 homicides while 747 others were shot and wounded.
A year earlier, in 2022, the city recorded 207 homicides with another 957 shot over the summer.
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