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CHICAGO, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Two men have been killed and at least 17 other people were shot in a 17-hour time span beginning Friday morning.
Chicago Tribune reported Saturday that this is an equivalent of someone shot every 53 minutes.
A 27-year-old man was shot multiple times in the South Chicago neighborhood and pronounced dead in hospital afterwards; and a 26-year-old man was killed in the 200 block of West Garfield Boulevard, the report said.
The shooting victims also include a five-year-old girl hit by a stray bullet, and a 73-year-old man shot in the face.
As weather grows hot, Chicago Police Department is bracing for increased violence.
Chicago has just experienced the deadliest May in the past month, when 66 were killed.
Data released by the Chicago Police Department on June 2 showed that the total number slain in the city in the first five months of this year came to 243, the deadliest since 1999, when data put the death at 248.
Shootings also increased by more than 50 percent so far this year. Nearly 400 people were shot in May, bringing the number shot in the first five months to 1,500. Enditem
