Crime is Still Down

Just ignore the eighteen-year-old executed at the lakefront overnight:

• An 18-year-old woman was shot and killed in what was an apparently random attack while she was with friends at the Loyola Beach pier early Thursday morning.

  At about 1:11 a.m., a 911 caller reported they were running for safety after a man in a ski mask and black clothing fired a single shot at a group gathered at the lakefront near Pratt Boulevard. Other members of the victim’s group soon called 911 as well.

  Officers found the woman lying on the pier near the light beacon. She had suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses told police that the gunman emerged from behind the light beacon, fired once, then fled down the beach.

First year student from New York, seems completely random.

How many homicides does 024 have a year anyway?