{"id":15088607,"date":"2026-04-01T02:47:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T06:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/shootings-up-78-in-chicago-in-one-week-as-city-suffers-two-month-murder-surge\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T05:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T09:00:31","slug":"shootings-up-78-in-chicago-in-one-week-as-city-suffers-two-month-murder-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/shootings-up-78-in-chicago-in-one-week-as-city-suffers-two-month-murder-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Shootings up 78% in Chicago in one week, as city suffers two-month murder surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.nbcchicago.com\/2026\/03\/shootings.png?resize=1200,675&amp;quality=85&amp;strip=all\" style=\"width: 100%\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Shootings in Chicago have increased 78% in just the past seven days, according to fresh data from CPD analyzed by the NBC 5 Investigates team.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p 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