The Road to 600

The crime wave continues to swamp the nicer zip codes:

• A suspect is on the run after shots were fired at a hotel in downtown, Chicago police said.

  The shooting happened at about 5:11 a.m. at the 500-block of N. State Street in the Near North neighborhood.

  ABC7's cameras were at the scene. Video shows police focusing the investigation at The Royal Sonesta hotel.

We have a difficult time picturing these addresses because we never worked in the higher class parts of town. We were doomed to the rougher neighborhoods, and then found out it was enjoyable in a dark sort of way. Our seniority never looked as good as it did in the places no one else wanted to be assigned.

These downtown and uptown addresses where streets have names instead of numbers are appearing constantly in crime reports nowadays. 

So the big question - will Chicago hit 600 murders this year? With a little over six weeks to go, the total sits at 543....and with Chicago is averaging over a killing a day, it would seem to be well within reach....weather permitting.