Important Takeaways:
- Mafia-style shooting at Chicago gas station caught on video as 3 suspects open fire in broad daylight
- Three suspects shot and killed a man whom they also reportedly hit with a car at a gas station in Chicago in a brazen daytime shooting.
- A small memorial was left by family members for 31-year-old Anton Benoit after he was shot and killed in a gang-style shooting at a Shell gas station in Chatham, a neighborhood in Chicago. Chatham is located on the south side and has a population of approximately 32,000.
- Several different angles of the shooting were shown by ABC 7, and gas station surveillance video showed three men get out of a black Dodge Durango and empty their weapons toward Benoit. All three men got back into the vehicle and drove away.
- Local outlet WGN9 said that in addition to the shooting, Benoit was also hit by the SUV.
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Matthew 24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
Important Takeaways:
- Thousands are left without power and hundreds of flights are canceled after tornado mega cluster thundered through Chicago ripping off rooftops and uprooting trees
- A mega cluster of tornadoes and thunderstorms have battered greater Chicago, leaving thousands without power and forcing hundreds of flights to be canceled.
- Trees were uprooted and rooftops were ripped off, as the series of tornadoes left a path of destruction on Wednesday amid the meteorological chaos.
- At least eight tornadoes touched down in four counties in northeastern Illinois, including four in Cook County, which is home to Chicago, as officials warned people to take shelter.
- More than 10,000 customers lost power in the region, according to poweroutage.us.
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Matthew 24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
Important Takeaways:
- Heat and smoke are smothering most of the U.S., putting lives at risk
- Much of the United States felt like a blazing inferno on Wednesday, as record heat attacked the South like a blowtorch, thick smoke from Canadian wildfires blanketed the Great Lakes region, and triple-digit temperatures threatened to wallop California for the first time this year.
- “Everybody’s saying, ‘We’re used to the heat, but not to this degree,’” said Mayor Victor Treviño of Laredo, Tex., which recorded temperatures of 115 degrees last week, tying its all-time high.
- Detroit, Chicago and Minneapolis were among the cities with the worst air quality in the world Wednesday, according to IQAir. Unhealthy Code Red and Purple conditions stretched from eastern Iowa across Chicago and the lower Great Lakes region and toward the Appalachian Mountains, according to AirNow.gov.
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Matthew 24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
Important Takeaways:
- Air quality alerts remain in effect for Chicago area due to smoke from Canadian wildfires
- Air Quality Alerts are in effect for Chicago area and in Indiana, Wisconsin
- Chicago’s air quality remains in the very unhealthy category, with people encouraged to limit their time outside, even healthy people with no respiratory problems.
- Drifting smoke from the ongoing wildfires across Canada has created blankets of haze prompting the EPA to issue an air quality alert warning of potentially dangerous health effects.
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Mathew 24:12 And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.
Important Takeaways:
- Hundreds of teens cause fiery chaos in Downtown Chicago as they torch cars in rampage organized on social media: Vastly outnumbered police manage just 15 arrests
- A crowd of more than a hundred rowdy teenagers turned violent in Downtown Chicago on Saturday night as dozens torched and smashed cars while blaring music in a ‘teen trend’ that left two with gunshot wounds.
- Shocking footage showed some teenagers jumping on top of a bus while others started a massive brawl after descending on Millennium Park and attempting to breach barricades.
- A total of 15 people, nine adults and six children were arrested.
- Police said most of the charges were for reckless conduct, but a 16-year-old boy was also charged with unlawful use of a weapon, and a firearm was recovered. An adult and a juvenile were also charged with possession of a stolen vehicle.
- The witness added that police stood no chance against the crowed.
- The huge gatherings in the street are being dubbed ‘teen trends’ which extends invites to teenagers across the city, according to NBC Chicago, and Saturday’s incident occurred a day after another teenage boy, 14, was shot at another gathering near 31st Avenue Beach.
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Revelations 13:16-18 “Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.”
Important Takeaways:
- Los Angeles, Chicago and New York counties top the list for population decline in 2022 – while residents flock to Arizona, Texas and Florida
- Last year the counties that are home to LA, Chicago and New York City suffered the largest exodus of people in the country – while tens of thousands flocked to Arizona, Texas and Florida.
- Los Angeles County, which is still the most populous in the US, saw an average of 143,000 people leave between July 2021 and July 2022, according to the latest US Census data.
- Cook County, home to Chicago, which lost around 94,000 people to other parts of the country.
- Three of New York City’s counties – Kings, Queens and the Bronx – were all among the top five counties facing a mass migration.
- On the other hand, Maricopa County in Arizona, home to Phoenix, had the largest influx of domestic migrants, around 33,000.
- It was followed closely by Collin County in Texas, and Polk County in Florida, which sits between Orlando and Tampa.
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2 Timothy 3:1-5 “But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.”
Important Takeaways:
- Chicago crime frustrations mount against State’s Attorney Kim Foxx as ‘mass exodus’ continues: source
- More than 235 people have resigned from Kim Foxx’s office since July 2021
- “Basically, the prosecutor is the one who’s carrying the ball on behalf of the victim of a crime,” the former criminal court judge explained. “And [Foxx] is de-emphasizing the treatment of victims by handing out ridiculous sentences.”
- Violent crime — including burglary, robbery, theft and motor vehicle theft — is also up 37%
- Critics have voiced concern over the 2023 Illinois Safe-T Act, set to take effect Jan. 1, which aims to eliminate cash bail and detain criminals only if “the defendant poses a specific, real and present threat to a person, or has a high likelihood of willful flight,” and implement police reform measures.
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Matthew 5:10 ““Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
Important Takeaways:
- Gun violence in Chicago’s South Side driven by poverty, pastor says
- Chicago has seen 334 murder in 2022, while crime complaints are up 34% compared to 2021
- Violence is a fruit of something, not a root of something,” New Beginnings Church Pastor TJ Grooms said. “The root is that there is no economic vitality.”
- “People are struggling financially,” Grooms continued. “And when you struggle financially, when you are living in an area that does not have what it needs to, not just survive, but to thrive, people begin to do things such as shoot, steal, rob, murder, kill.”
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Romans 12:17-21 “Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Important Takeaways:
- 19 Shot, One Killed, During Weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Chicago
- Breitbart News reported that 17 people were shot, three of them fatally, during the weekend of March 25-27, 2022, in Lightfoot’s Chicago.
- Twenty-two were shot, four fatally, during the weekend of March 18-20, 2022.
- WTTW notes Chicago witnessed 178 shootings in March 2022 and a total of 37 homicides.
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