Two of the children, boys 6 and 11, were among four shot in West Englewood the third mass shooting in Chicago in two days. Five hours later, about a mile and a half away in Gresham, a 3-year-old girl and a woman were shot.
The mayor and other city officials have attributed this year’s downtick in violence to an initiative that has flooded 15 communities with new resources. Crime experts say that’s premature.
According to Chicago Police Department data, shooting incidents were down — from 582 as of March 31, 2021, to 508 this year. There had been 10 fewer homicides, with a