(CHICAGO) -- 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 Monday morning, in an apparent reference to repeated spasms of violence in the city.
Of the 14 fatalities, two were shot dead by police.
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.
http://goo.gl/eM8kLRThat 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 Monday morning, in an apparent reference to repeated spasms of violence in the city.
Of the 14 fatalities, two were shot dead by police.
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.
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