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Stray bullet kills student as he commutes home from Chicago internship
NY Post ^ | 07/06/2021 | Jackie Salo

Posted on 07/06/2021 1:02:42 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

A University of Chicago student was killed in a freak tragedy when a stray bullet ripped through his subway-car window during the commute home from his summer internship, police and loved ones say.

Max Solomon Lewis, a 20-year-old junior from Denver, Colo., succumbed Sunday morning to injuries he suffered from the slug that pierced a window of the train at the 51st Street Green Line station, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

“It’s a senseless tragedy for so many reasons,” classmate Zach Cogan told the outlet.

Lewis, who was pursuing a double major in economics and computer science, had snagged a competitive internship at an investment firm in downtown Chicago for the summer.

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I want to see the bugged eyed mayor explain to this poor guys family that crime is down in Chicago. Coward. Makes me so mad.
1 posted on 07/06/2021 1:02:42 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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This is true tragic. A university of Chicago student is probably the best of the best in wherever he attended high school


2 posted on 07/06/2021 1:08:04 PM PDT by Lee25 ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m so glad that my daughter moved from Chicago to Fort Collins, Colorado a couple of years ago. I never liked her being in that shythole.


3 posted on 07/06/2021 1:08:28 PM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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Chicago is not safe for students.

Woman Stabbed To Death In Loop Was Maryland Criminologist

‎6‎/‎21‎/‎2021‎ ‎5‎:‎36‎:‎25‎ ‎PM · by Bonemaker · 68 replies
 

Suspect in death of Maryland woman wanted in other attacks

‎6‎/‎24‎/‎2021‎ ‎5‎:‎07‎:‎17‎ ‎PM · by yesthatjallen · 25 replies
 

Or anyone else for that matter.

4 posted on 07/06/2021 1:10:23 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (I love my country. It’s my government that I hate.)
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“It’s a senseless tragedy for so many reasons,” classmate Zach Cogan told the outlet.

Yes it is. But bullets go where they are aimed and fired without discrimination. Just ask the family of the incoming middie whose mother was killed by a stray last week in Annapolis. Eventually people are going to take to dealing with these wild bangers themselves. Because local authorities do not seem to have either the will or the means to deal with it.

5 posted on 07/06/2021 1:10:27 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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Senseless or sniper?


6 posted on 07/06/2021 1:10:28 PM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I know the Garfield station he was at quite well. Cross Washington park and its like entering a different world.

Without the University of Chicago, which is like an oasis of civilization that supports productive humanity in several neighborhoods around it, the entire south side would be a hellscape.


7 posted on 07/06/2021 1:10:32 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Seruzawa

A stray bullet ended up hitting an L train car? Gosh how sad. A stray bullet fired by whom, for what reason? Inquiring minds want to know.


8 posted on 07/06/2021 1:11:29 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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I believe one of the reasons they’re letting crime run amok - besides the obvious reasons - is they’re trying to get ‘gun crime’ as high as possible hoping it will turn public opinion on the 2nd Amendment.

It’s clear no matter if or how many bodies pile up like cord wood in NYC or Chicago that Democrats don’t have ANY worry about losing their grip on absolute power. So, they turn the savages loose on their own streets simply to build the ‘gun crime’ stats. Are Democrats that callous about their own constituents? Sure they are.


9 posted on 07/06/2021 1:11:39 PM PDT by ScubaDiver (Reddit refugee.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

There is no such a thing as a “stray bullet”.
Somebody sent that bullet exactly where it was, and that individual needs to be held accountable for their action.


10 posted on 07/06/2021 1:13:29 PM PDT by skimbell
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

Some Amish lad is probably laughing with his buddies right now.


11 posted on 07/06/2021 1:17:36 PM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It’s not even safe to pass through Chicago in train anymore. Avoid Chicago like a plague.


12 posted on 07/06/2021 1:19:24 PM PDT by Kazan
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"I want to see the bugged eyed mayor explain to this poor guys family that crime is down in Chicago."

The flaw in your request is that the mayor gives a rat's ass about the families of people who get killed in Shitcago.

13 posted on 07/06/2021 1:24:04 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

Or, just an idiot showing off.
This guy shoots his AR of a downtown balcony
https://youtu.be/CdyulxtzhL0


14 posted on 07/06/2021 1:26:11 PM PDT by Fai Mao (I don't think we have enough telephone poles.)
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So, they turn the savages loose on their own streets simply to build the ‘gun crime’ stats.

Obama allowed and assisted BLM to form, for the purpose of burning cities like Ferguson and Oakland, to shock the rest of the country into guilt, anger, frustration, and to justify "government" action.

15 posted on 07/06/2021 1:27:35 PM PDT by PGR88
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A University of Chicago student was killed in a freak tragedy

Freak?? Appears that people being shot by stray bullets in Chicago is happening more and more often.

16 posted on 07/06/2021 1:28:17 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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I am unfamiliar with the current Green Line, It seems to run parallel with the Garfield, but WAY too close to MLK Blvd. He should have taken the Metra by the lake, or at least the equivalent of the #6 Jeffrey Express bus. Once you get west of Cottage Grove things get real bad real fast.


17 posted on 07/06/2021 1:29:13 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (“At first you go bankrupt slowly, then all at once.” -- Hemingway)
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A university of Chicago student is probably the best of the best in wherever he attended high school

Maybe. I sure wasn't. (saved by PSAT/SAT)
18 posted on 07/06/2021 1:30:08 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (“At first you go bankrupt slowly, then all at once.” -- Hemingway)
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I know the family. It is tragic


19 posted on 07/06/2021 1:30:31 PM PDT by Mom MD ( )
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“Lewis’s fraternity has launched a GoFundMe page which will donate part of the funds to benefit anti-gun violence efforts.

“Chicago has so much gun violence, like every city. It’s so senseless,” Cogan told the Denver Channel. “I can’t lose another friend to gun violence. I just can’t. It’s too much.””

What dumb@$$es!

The ONLY thing that will make a difference is locking up the criminal gang-bangers and throwing away the key.


20 posted on 07/06/2021 1:33:22 PM PDT by Beagle8U ("Jim Acosta pissed in the shallow end of the press pool.")
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