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Carjackings More than Doubled During 2020 in Mayor Lightfoot’s Chicago

Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP

AWR HAWKINS

12 Jan 20210

2:12

Carjackings during 2020 rose to more than double what was witnessed during 2019 in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago.

The Chicago Tribune reported carjackings surged 135 percent, with 1,415 carjackings in 2020 versus 603 in 2019.

The report noted that police indicate mask mandates played a role in the higher carjackings, suggesting the wearing of masks for coronavirus “[enables] criminals to conceal their faces without raising alarm.”

On December 3, 2020, retired Chicago firefighter Dwain Williams was shot and killed while trying to stop suspects from carjacking his vehicle. The Daily Mail reported 65-year-old Williams was trying to prevent his Jeep Cherokee from being stolen when he was shot in the abdomen. Four suspects fled the scene, at least three of whom have since been apprehended.

Expressway shootings were also up in 2020, as compared to 2019. On December 7, 2020, NBC 5 indicated that the number of expressway shootings in Chicago had reached 115, whereas there were a total of 52 expressway shootings in Chicago in 2019.

Shootings in general were up in Mayor Lightfoot’s Chicago as well, with over 4,100 people shot during 2020. The Tribune noted 4,115 people were shot January 1, 2020, through December 27, 2020, which was 1,412 more than in 2019.

AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio. Follow him on Twitter: @AWRHawkins. Reach him at awrhawkins@breitbart.com. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange.

Chinese PhD Student Among Those Killed in Chicago Mass Shooting

Ryan General

Mon, January 11, 2021, 1:29 PM PST

The University of Chicago expressed sadness over the death of Yiran Fan, a 30-year-old Ph.D. student from China who was killed by a gunman during a shooting spree on Saturday afternoon. “Random” victim: Fan, who was shot as he was sitting inside his car in an East Hyde Park parking garage, is among at least three victims who were gunned down that day by the shooter, who was later identified as 32-year-old Jason Nightengale, reports WGNTV.

• Fan was studying at the University of Chicago via a joint program of the Booth School of Business and the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics.

• Prior to his death, Fan was on track to defend his dissertation later this year. In a statement that mourned Fan’s loss, the university said his family in China has been notified of his death.

• “Yiran came from China to study in the United States, and he previously earned an MS degree from the University’s Financial Math program,” noted the statement from President Robert J. Zimmer and Provost Ka Yee C. Lee.

“Random” shooting: The shooting, which began in Chicago and ended in nearby Evanston, left four victims critically injured and at least four dead, including the suspect.

• Nightengale reportedly shot people at random as he entered an apartment building, stole a car, and attempted a robbery.

• He then drove to Evanston, tried to do a second robbery and took a woman hostage at an IHOP. He was eventually fatally shot by police officers during a gunfight at around 5 p.m.

• Another victim was East Hyde Park doorman Aisha Newell, 46, who was shot and killed by Nightengale after asking to use the phone.

• Meanwhile, Nightengale shot 20-year-old customer Anthony Faulkner in the head as he tried to rob a store.

• The woman who was taken hostage at IHOP was initially listed to be in critical condition, but the New York Times noted that she had since died, citing "some news outlets."

• The other victims who sustained injuries remain in critical condition in various hospitals in both Chicago and Evanston.

  Feature Image via CBS Chicago