There have been more than 1,500 shooting victims–fatal and non-fatal combined–in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago thus far in 2025.
Chicago Police posted a report for Week 39 of this year (Sept. 22-28) showing that the number of shootings in the Windy City had topped 1,100.
The Chicago Sun-Times published figures showing the city had witnessed a total of 1,500 shooting victims by the end of October 4, 2025.
Those 1,500 shooting victims were comprised of 276 who succumbed to their wounds and 1,224 who were wounded but survived.
At the time of this writing–October 6, 2025, two days after the Sun-Times report–there there have been numerous additional shootings and shooting victims in Chicago, bringing the total number of victims beyond the October 4 figure of 1,500.
For example, Breitbart News reported at least 30 people were shot over the past weekend, including five who were shot fatally.
CBS News listed nine shootings in Chicago that occurred Sunday, October 5, 2025, and two that occurred in the wee hours of Monday, October 6. There was a total of 13 victims, including one fatality, in the 11 shooting incidents that occurred in the two days since the Sun-Times reported 1,500 shooting victims in Chicago.
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, a member of the NRA and Gun Owners of America, and the director of global marketing for Lone Star Hunts. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and has a Ph.D. in Military History. Follow him on X: @awrhawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at [email protected].
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