Grim milestone: More than 1,000 people shot in Chicago this year

The Chicago Tribune reports:

The number of people shot in Chicago this year passed 1,000 this week, a grim milestone as gun violence in the city continues at a pace not seen since the 1990s.

The city reached the 1,000 mark on Wednesday, when 13 people were shot over 14 hours, including a 4-year-old boy hit in the foot as he walked with his mother in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side. Another boy, 6, was cut on the finger during the same incident, according to police.

No word yet from Barack Obama on this story. How come Houston doesn't have 1,000 shootings this year? Or Los Angeles? Or New York city?