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Chicago: At least 24 shot over the weekend
Police in Chicago say that a wave of gun crimes this weekend resulted in at least six killed and 18 wounded, CBS News 2 Chicago reports.
Notably, one of the wounded was a three-year-old girl who was shot in the wrist. Saturday afternoon, she was inside an unspecified home on the South Side when a witness reported a gun shot and discovered the little girl with a gun shot in her left wrist. The girl was subsequently taken to Comer Children’s Hospital and is reportedly in good condition. Detectives found a weapon at the scene of the crime and, Saturday night, were questioning a person of interest.
While Chicago police have reported an overall decrease in crime in 2020 so far, the murder rate has jumped by 50% since last year. For instance, last month was the deadliest September for the city since 1993 in terms of homicides, however, the police noted that crime has been coming down since it spike this past summer, according to The Chicago Tribune. Last summer, homicides, especially those related to guns, rose dramatically in dozens of cities across the nation.
For more details about the specific aforementioned crimes committed this weekend, CBS News 2 lists them in its story.
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In a significant development, Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, was indicted on Thursday on federal gun charges as part of Special Counsel David Weiss’ ongoing investigation. The indictment alleges that Hunter Biden made false statements during the purchase of a firearm, among other charges.
The charges against Hunter Biden include:
• Making a false statement in the purchase of a firearm
• Making a false statement related to information required to be kept by a federal firearms licensed dealer
•Possession of a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance
According to the indictment, the alleged incident occurred on or about October 12, 2018, in the District of Delaware. Hunter Biden is accused of knowingly making a false and fictitious written statement during the acquisition of a Colt Cobra 38SPL Revolver. According to reports from Fox News, the statement, submitted on Form 4473, falsely certified that he was not an unlawful user of, and addicted to, any stimulant, narcotic drug, or controlled substance.
Furthermore, the indictment further states that between October 12, 2018, and October 23, 2018, in the District of Delaware, Hunter Biden knowingly possessed the same firearm despite being an unlawful user of and addicted to controlled substances. This marks the first set of charges brought by Special Counsel David Weiss against Hunter Biden since being granted special counsel status.
The investigation came to public attention when it was reported by Fox News in 2021 that police had responded to an incident in 2018 involving a gun owned by Hunter Biden.
Reports state that, Hallie Biden, the widow of President Biden’s late son, Beau, who was in a relationship with Hunter at the time, discarded the gun. Hunter’s gun was thrown away in a dumpster near a market, located close to a school. It was subsequently revealed that Hunter Biden had purchased a gun earlier that same month.
Hunter Biden’s legal troubles do not end with the gun charges. Earlier in July, an original plea agreement collapsed, which would have seen him plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax counts for willful failure to pay federal income tax, thus avoiding jail time on a felony gun charge. Instead, he pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and one felony gun charge.
Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed David Weiss as special counsel to oversee the Hunter Biden investigation and related matters. The White House has declined to comment on these developments, which continue to draw significant public and media attention.
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