Source: Global Times New Media
In the early morning of November 11, Beijing time, the Chinese Consulate General in Chicago, the United States, issued an important notice calling on Chinese citizens in the consular district to strengthen safety precautions.
Because, in the early hours of yesterday morning, Beijing time, a vicious armed robbery occurred in a neighborhood near the University of Chicago. A Chinese student who had recently graduated from the University of Chicago was unfortunately killed.
What’s even more outrageous is that this is already the second case of a Chinese student being shot dead in Chicago this year!
According to a report by American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), the shooting occurred on the afternoon of November 9, local time in the United States (that is, the early morning of November 10, Beijing time). The victim was a 24-year-old Chinese student named His name is Zheng Shaoxiong, and his English name is Dennis. He had just graduated from the University of Chicago before he was killed.
What is surprising is that the shooting occurred near the University of Chicago's Hyde Park campus. ABC reported that a total of two shootings occurred in this area just a few streets away from the campus that day, and the two cases were separated by less than an hour.
Among them, the case that took the life of this Chinese student was a vicious armed robbery. At that time, a gangster drove a black car and parked next to the Chinese student. Then the gangster pulled out a gun and demanded that the Chinese student hand over his belongings. The gangster then shot the young student in the chest, killing him.
At present, the University of Chicago has issued a statement saying that it is shocked and saddened by this case.
A college friend of this Chinese student revealed to ABC that the student not only just graduated from the school, but also just obtained a U.S. driver's license and had a new partner. "A wonderful world is waiting for him, who I know this happened.”
Another friend of his also said that this Chinese student is actually very safety-conscious, and he has been reminding his friends to install apps that can avoid dangerous neighborhoods, but he still does it. There was no escape from this fate. "It's so ironic and sad."
His neighbors also said that he was a very good person and liked to cook.
The friend of the murdered Chinese student
The Chinese Consulate General in Chicago also stated in a statement about the case that it was "deeply shocked and deplored by the unfortunate murder of the Chinese student, and expressed deep condolences and condolences to the family of the victim."
The Consulate General also Strongly condemned the brutal criminal act of killing innocent people indiscriminately, and asked relevant parties in the United States to "find out and announce the case as soon as possible, and take practical measures to protect the safety of Chinese citizens, including Chinese students."
However, despite the number of Chinese students who were killed, Friends, school officials, and the Consulate General are all extremely angry and sad about this case. It is extremely difficult to change the environment in Chicago, a city with extremely serious violent crime problems in the United States, because violent crime has become a major problem in Chicago and the entire United States. The terminal illness directly involves some of the most fundamental institutional and institutional issues in the United States, such as "gun freedom." As a result, Chinese students who come to study in the United States have become "victims" of the terrible gun violence problem in the United States.
In fact, this is the second murder of a Chinese international student in Chicago this year. On January 9 this year (local time), Fan Yiran, an outstanding doctoral student from Beijing, China, was shot dead on the streets of Chicago by a random gangster.
Not only that, in March and April this year, two notorious shootings occurred in Chicago. The victims were a 7-year-old black girl and a 13-year-old Latino boy. The former was shot dead by a gang member who had a grudge against his father, while the latter was shot dead by the police after hanging out with a gunman on the street late at night.
Local media reports pointed out that as of the end of this summer, the number of murder cases in Chicago has reached a staggering 524. If this continues, it is likely to set a new record for the number of murders in the past 25 years in 2021. For reference, the number of murders in Chicago in 2019 was "only" 506.
Of course, the situation across the United States is dangerous.Reports from multiple British and American media show that the proportion of murders in the entire United States increased significantly in 2020, not only an increase of 30% compared with 2019, but also setting a new annual increase record in the past 60 years. Among them, the number of murder cases in Chicago in 2020 was 774, which has almost caught up with the record of 796 in 1996.
