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22-0618
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REQUESTING MEETING OF COOK COUNTY SEPARATELY ELECTED OFFICIALS AND DEPARTMENTS TO DISCUSS COUNTY-WIDE ANTI-VIOLENCE STRATEGY
WHEREAS, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office’s public dataset, Cook County reported 985 homicides in 2020. 884 of those homicides involved gunshot wounds as the cause of death; and
WHEREAS, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office’s public dataset, Cook County reported 1,009 homicides from January 1, 2021, through December 1, 2021. Signifying an increase of approximately 2.37% in reported homicides; and
WHEREAS, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office’s public data set, Cook County reported 928 gun-related homicides out of the reported 1,009 homicides from January 1, 2021, through December 1, 2021. Signifying an approximately 4.74% increase in reported homicides from 2020 (884) versus January 1, 2021, through December 1, 2021 (928). This data does not include the remaining weeks in the year 2021 and does not reflect the 855 cause “pending” deaths reported by the Cook County Medical | | |
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