FBI: Gangs Targeting Cops in Chicago

While shootings went down slightly in Chicago last weekend, homicides doubled compared to the week before.  Adding to this chaos,  Greg Norman of Fox News reports that the FBI has intercepted intelligence indicating that the city’s gangs have made a pact to “shoot on sight” any officer who had drawn a gun.  The FBI alert indicates that roughly 36 gangs are actively looking for police officers with guns drawn.  According to the alert, the purpose of the pact is for gang members to film the shooting of officers with their guns drawn and distribute the video to the national media.

Last weekend, 55 people were shot with 10 fatalities in Chicago according to the Sun Times.   Two of the victims were police officers shot and wounded during a traffic stop.  It is unclear if the two officers were shot by gang members as a result of the pact.  On the previous weekend 66 people were shot, but only 5 of the shootings were fatal.  According to the Chicago Tribune, 2,749 people have been shot in the city so far this year, which is 917 more than over the same period last year.   497 of the victims died from those shootings.  That’s 145 more than last year.  Almost all of the victims were black.