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The Chicago Police Department announced Friday a rare crime stat
success: the embattled city had the fewest number of January
murders in the last nine years.
Police said there were 20 murders in January. The last time the
city saw a lower number was in January 2010, when there were 19
homicides recorded.
�That�s the lowest figure for that same period in nine years,�
police said in a press release.
Police also announced there were 100 shootings in the city
during the month, which marked "the lowest figure for the same
month in the past five years,� the press release stated.
Chicago police said motor vehicle thefts, burglaries and
robberies were the �lowest of that same period in 20 years since
computer case reporting started.�
But the frigid temperatures may have been a factor in the crime
freeze.
A record-breaking deep freeze from a polar vortex descended on
the Midwest earlier this week, with temperatures in the city of
Chicago dipping to a dangerous minus 20 degrees. The National
Weather Service said Chicago�s streak of below zero temperature
came to an end late Thursday after a bone-chilling 52 hours.
The city has struggled with violence in recent years. Police in
Chicago reported 561 homicides were committed between Jan. 1 and
Dec. 31, 2018 -- compared to 660 homicides in 2017 and more than
770 in 2016, which marked a 19-year high that put a national
spotlight on Chicago�s persistently high rates of gun violence.
President Trump has often discussed Chicago�s high homicide
rate, tweeting in 2017: �If Chicago doesn�t fix the horrible
�carnage�...I will send in the Feds!� Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel
has accused Trump of oversimplifying the problem and potential
solutions.
Fox News� Stephen Sorace and Ryan Gaydos contributed to this
report.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-police-say-number-of-january- homicides-is-lowest-in-9-years
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