Chicago Police: Murders, shootings up 11 percent

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

In a year that put a national spotlight on Chicago and its handling of police-involved shootings, the city saw a rise in gun violence, according to crime statistics released Friday.

The city recorded 50 more murders in 2015 than in 2014, Interim Chicago Police Supt. John Escalante said.

There were 478 murders in 2015, according to the Sun-Times Homicide Watch tally, which includes all murders, whether it be by assault, guns or other weapons. Police have not released yet their 2015 murder total, although there were 454 murders as of Dec. 20, 2015, according to police data posted online. In 2014, police said there were 407 murders.

Death in blue America.