In this Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012 photo, Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Chicago. In the coming days, the city is bound to reach another grim milestone when the number of homicides for 2012 surpasses 433, the total for all of last year. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
On Sunday, the city recorded its 435th homicide — the same number of homicides in Chicago in all of last year.
A man who’d been shot in the chest was found dead in his South Side home. His death was one of six fatal shootings in the city from Friday through Sunday.
Chicago’s homicide rate has made national headlines for much of the year, starting in the spring when police reported the number of homicides was about 60 percent higher than for same period last year. Since then, the rate has slowed down considerably as police focus much of their attention on street gangs that have been linked to the majority of shooting deaths.
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