Over A Third Of Chicago's Fatal Shooting Cases Are Closed Without Being Resolved

Over A Third Of Chicago’s Fatal Shooting Cases Are Closed Without Being Resolved – Block Club Chicago

Researchers say that exceptional clearances are supposed to be used sparingly, but that doesn’t seem to be the case in Chicago. Overall, researchers have estimated that police departments clear 3 to 5 percent of cases through the exceptional means category; for homicide cases, that number is 6 percent. In Chicago, between 2010 and 2024, police deemed 13 percent of all homicides as “exceptional.”

Over A Third Of Chicago's Fatal Shooting Cases Are Closed Without Being Resolved

CHICAGO — Lewis Parker will never forget the face of the man who shot and killed his brother, Jeremiah Lee. The man attacked the siblings in an attempt to steal their car. Jeremiah, 17, fought him, but the man shot him. “I was frozen,” Parker said. “I couldn’t really say anything.” After Jeremiah fell to the ground, the shooter fumbled with the wrong keys and tried to start the Corolla. When he realized he couldn’t steal the car, he ran away. Pa…