The spree of shootings in Chicago during the long holiday weekend reached 82 incidents and included 14 deaths, according to a tabulation of police reports.
That number marks a significant jump from the same period last year, despite an increase of "hundreds" of officers on the street to prevent violence.
"It's groundhog day here in Chicago again," Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said this morning, in an apparent reference to repeated spasms of violence in the city.
Of the 14 fatalities, two were shot dead by police.
More Than 60 Shot, 9 Dead in Chicago's Bloody Holiday Weekend
The Chicago police department released different statistics claiming the weekend saw 50 shootings that included nine fatalities.
The difference in the statistics is the difference in the time frame. Chicago police figures spanned a period from 6 p.m. Thursday as the long holiday weekend began to midnight Sunday. Figures calculated by ABC News' affiliate WLS began at 4 p.m. Thursday to 3:30 a.m. Monday and totaled 82 shootings.
The violent weekend ended with a barrage of 21 shootings on Sunday,
McCarthy said.
McCarthy said in a press conference today that the department had deployed "hundreds" more officers over the weekend in anticipation of holiday violence.
"The results were a lot of shootings and a lot of murders unfortunately," he said. "Yesterday was the day that really blew it up for us in our strategy."
"It all comes down to these guns: there's too many guns coming in and too little punishment going out," McCarthy said.Read the rest of the story HERE.
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