Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said shootings and homicides where juveniles are victims are down significantly so far this year compared to last.
"There's a significant decline in juvenile victims to both shootings and homicides this year," CPD Supt. Brown said during his Monday press conference.In his regular weekend violence briefing, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said shootings and homicides where juveniles are victims are down significantly so far this year compared to last. But the police department's own data suggests a slightly different view.
Brown seems to be pointing to this number: 253 shooting victims, wounded or dead, age 19 and younger, versus 293 last year at this time. That is a nearly 14-percent decline. But then CPD's own data, obtained and analyzed by the I-Team, shows the number of juvenile homicide victims in the city is actually up nearly 3 percent over last year; no matter how they were killed.
"I would say looking at the numbers, there's not a significant decrease in anything, you know, 2.9% equates to one victim," Kushner told the I-Team. "I think people would have to question, or should question, what he considers significant. Obviously, his interpretation of the word significant and mine are basically different.
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