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- A lone gunman quietly approached three men walking down a West Side street and opened fire, killing two of them and critically injuring the third, Chicago police said this morning.
The broad daylight shooting happened just after 10 a.m. Tuesday in the 200 block of South Laramie Avenue in the South Austin neighborhood, according to police.
The three victims, two 20-year-olds and a 24-year-old, were walking down Laramie when the gunman attacked, spraying all three victims with gunfire before vanishing, police said.
Once the third and first watches were inundated with manpower from the disbanding of the big citywide units and the office dead weight, our readers predicted that the criminals would move to where the pressure was less evident. This is among a number of brazen broad daylight shootings with multiple victims that have started to pop up on the radar. Also, our readers have been noting a trend of carjackings and armed robberies in formerly "quiet" areas of downtown. There are at least two different crews of armed robbers working the north side in Areas 3 and 5.
Manning the overnight watches at full strength or better is a great thing. But the criminals aren't complete morons. They will adapt, and unfortunately, they'll adapt faster than we'll change policy.
Manning the overnight watches at full strength or better is a great thing. But the criminals aren't complete morons. They will adapt, and unfortunately, they'll adapt faster than we'll change policy.