A 16-year-old boy was shot to death on a West Englewood street this afternoon, police said.
The boy was shot in the head in the 1400 block of West 73rd Street at about 2:40 p.m., said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer...
We hadn't realized Chicago passed 100 homicides for the year almost a week ago - 21 March. That's the quickest run to 100 since 2004 and we're on pace to leave that year in the dust.
A funny thing we noticed over at the Red Eye homicide tracker though. They track homicides by date, age, sex, cause, day of the week, community area, race, and locale. But the race code is a little bit skewed. For example:
- Ramon Salgado - white
- George Marrero - white
- Johnny Vargas - white
- Gustavo Reyes - white
- Aliyah Shell (the six year old) - white
So which politically correct entity leaned on the Tribune Company to report their stats completely at odds with Chicago Police classification procedures and the nationally recognized standards?