--- description: An analysis of police data shows four of every five people shot by officers in Chicago in the past six years were African-American males title: Majority of Chicago Police Shooting Victims are Black Men or Boys: Report image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11c2aecf771a0277/6988a3e10a4a227ad79cb0dc/chicago-police-shootings.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [police](/tag/police/) ## police Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Majority of Chicago Police Shooting Victims are Black Men or Boys: Report  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 27, 2016 7:29 PM CUT  Members of the Chicago Police Department work at the scene of a fatal shooting in the 2100 block of West Devon Avenue on Aug. 6, 2016, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. Members of the Chicago Police Department work at the scene of a fatal shooting in the 2100 block of West Devon Avenue on Aug. 6, 2016, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago.Erin Hooley—Chicago Tribune/ Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 27, 2016 7:29 PM CUT A new analysis of police tracking data revealed that about four of every five people shot by police officers in Chicago in the past six years were African-American males. The data [obtained by the Chicago _Tribune_](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-chicago-police-shooting-database-met-20160826-story.html "undefined") accounts for every time an officer opened fire in the city from 2010 to 2015. In all, police officers killed 92 people and wounded 170 others in 435 shootings during that period of time, the [Chicago _Tribune_ reported](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-chicago-police-shooting-database-met-20160826-story.html "undefined") on Friday. Officers fired at least 2,623 bullets in total. Instances of [police violence](http://time.com/4441159/paul-oneal-chicago-police-shooting/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") against minorities have sparked [calls for increased transparency](http://time.com/4126670/chicago-releases-video-of-laquan-mcdonald-shooting/ "undefined") and police reform in Chicago and around the country in recent years. The _Tribune_ analysis found that the number of shootings by police officers declined during the six-year period, falling from more than 100 in 2011 to 44 in 2015. About half of the officers involved in the shootings were African-American or Hispanic, the _Tribune_ reported, and the officers who fired had, on average, a decade of experience. \[[Chicago _Tribune_](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-chicago-police-shooting-database-met-20160826-story.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4469377/chicago-police-shootings-black-men/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4469377/chicago-police-shootings-black-men/"},"headline":"Majority of Chicago Police Shooting Victims are Black Men or Boys: Report","datePublished":"2016-08-27T19:29:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:14:19.322Z","description":"Chicago police killed 92 people in 435 shootings during a six-year span","url":"https://time.com/4469377/chicago-police-shootings-black-men/","keywords":["police","Illinois"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11c2aecf771a0277/6988a3e10a4a227ad79cb0dc/chicago-police-shootings.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11c2aecf771a0277/6988a3e10a4a227ad79cb0dc/chicago-police-shootings.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Chicago Violence","caption":"Chicago Violence","creditText":"Erin Hooley—Chicago Tribune/ Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/police/","name":"police"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4469377/chicago-police-shootings-black-men/","name":"Majority of Chicago Police Shooting Victims are Black Men or Boys: Report"}}]}] ```