Shootings have spiked in South Bend, driven by incidents with multiple victims

[TexasTowelie]

The toll of people killed or injured in shootings in South Bend seems to rise every week.

Last Sunday, a man was killed and two others were hurt in a shooting outside Corby’s Irish Pub. Nine days earlier, a volley of gunfire on Kenwood Avenue left a man with a bullet wound to the cheek. Five days before that, two men were injured in separate shootings, on opposite sides of town.

“There’s not a night that goes by we don’t hear gunshots,” said Tabitha Williams, who lives in the 2000 block of Kenwood. “It’s 100 times different than it used to be, and I’ve lived here seven years. You don’t even want to let your kids play outside anymore.”

Perceptions of rising crime can often be influenced by isolated events or limited anecdotes. But in the first half of this year, the numbers have helped back up the perceptions.

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