(Chicago) SubXNews Weekend Crime Reality Check – September 19–22, 2025
Chicago logged 27 people shot, 4 of them killed over the Sept 19–21 weekend. That includes the West Loop homicide at Halsted, the 8-year-old girl shot in Auburn Gresham, and mass-style shootings from Garfield Park to Little Village.
By Monday, the violence hadn’t slowed — three more people were shot in Garfield Park, Auburn Gresham, and Park Manor before midday on Sept 22.
On paper the weekend looks “better” than last year — in 2024 this same stretch saw 6 killed and 34 wounded. But stack 2025 against the broader picture and the narrative that “crime is down” doesn’t hold. This year’s 27 shot sits right in line with the 10-year weekend average (6 killed, 32 wounded).
The body count is below the pandemic peaks of 2020–2022, when 10–12 were murdered on this weekend, but it’s still well above pre-COVID lows like 2019 (2 killed, 18 wounded) and 2015 (3 killed, 13 wounded).
Last year, the same weekend saw 40 victims, and in 2021 the weekend recorded a staggering 72 victims. But this year’s count outpaces the pre-COVID totals of 20 in 2019, 21 in 2018, and 16 in 2015, according to HeyJackass, a site that tracks Chicago violence using official and open-source data.
And that’s before adjusting for the fact that Chicago today has fewer people and fewer businesses than before the pandemic.
Proportionally, the violence is worse.
On top of that, the city shut off ShotSpotter a year ago, wiping out a whole layer of gunfire detection. That means the official stats we do see now are actually catching less of the crime than in previous years.
City Hall insists there’s a “program” and a “plan.”
The Mayor repeats the script, but those words don’t square with four murders in three days, a child shot, and shootings rolling right into Monday.
Even more damaging, one of the so-called “violence interrupters” — touted by the administration and even photographed alongside the Governor — now faces his own murder charge, story broke by @CWBChicago
That’s not progress; that’s a credibility crisis.
So yes, the official line points to “progress,” but the reality is more grim: 30 people shot in four days, four dead, with fewer residents, fewer businesses, and less data.
Crime isn’t gone, it isn’t solved, and it isn’t “down” in any meaningful sense for the people living it on the ground.
Crime is Up and that’s a Fact … HiHo
Friday, Sept 19
4:25p 4500 W 5th, Garfield Park, M/34
8:30p 4900 W Fullerton, Belmont Cragin, M/30
9:55p 2800 W 71st, Chicago Lawn, M/18
10:10p 10200 S Eberhart, Roseland, M/57
10:40p 3600 S California, Brighton Park, M/43
10:40p 3600 S California, Brighton Park, M/43
11:45p 6700 S Prairie, Grand Crossing, F/40
Saturday, Sept 20
1:50a 7100 S Union, Englewood, M/33
1:51a 2600 W Warren, Near West Side, M/30 (Fatality, traffic crash)
6:45a 3400 W Monroe, Garfield Park, M/33 (Homicide #1)
6:45a 3400 W Monroe, Garfield Park, F/28 (Homicide #2)
1:35p 5200 S Union, New City, M/40
2:40p 2700 S State, Douglas, M/32
9:40p 1800 S Hamlin, North Lawndale, M/44
Sunday, Sept 21
12:35a 10100 S Avenue M, East Side, M/20
12:35a 10100 S Avenue M, East Side, F/20
12:45a 5400 S South Shore, Hyde Park, M/37
12:45a 5400 S South Shore, Hyde Park, M/37
2:50a 7300 S Winchester, Englewood, F/32
2:50a 7300 S Winchester, Englewood, F/33
2:50a 7300 S Winchester, Englewood, M/39
2:50a 200 N Halsted, West Loop, M/38 (Homicide #3)
2:50a 200 N Halsted, West Loop, M/28
1:55p 1400 W 83rd, Auburn Gresham, F/8
3:15p 11800 S Emerald, West Pullman, M/53 (Homicide #4)
8:30p 3100 W 25th, Little Village, M/42
8:30p 3100 W 25th, Little Village, M/64
Monday, Sept 22
12:20a 7800 S Ada, Auburn Gresham, M/36
12:45a 100 S Springfield, Garfield Park, M/31
12:13p 7500 S Langley, Park Manor, M/22
Posted: September 22, 2025 1:53 PM CDT
Chicago Police Department
2024 weekend tally: 6 killed, 34 wounded
2023 weekend tally: 3 killed, 31 wounded
2022 weekend tally: 10 killed, 33 wounded
2021 weekend tally: 12 killed, 60 wounded
2020 weekend tally: 11 killed, 43 wounded
2019 weekend tally: 2 killed, 18 wounded
2018 weekend tally: 7 killed, 14 wounded
2017 weekend tally: 5 killed, 30 wounded
2016 weekend tally: 5 killed, 41 wounded
2015 weekend tally: 3 killed, 13 wounded
Weekend Average: 6 killed, 32 wounded
Credit Hey Jackass @w_h_thompson
SubX.News® on-the-spot reporting
