Multiple Woundings

What could have been done to prevent this?

• Separate city-wide shootings Saturday and early today have left six male victims wounded, police said.

  On the West Side, about 4:15 p.m. Saturday, a male victim was walking on Parkside Avenue a block south of Madison Street when a gunman walked up and fired, striking the victim in the chest. Police could not immediately provide an age or identification for the victim.

  The person was in serious condition when taken to a local hospital, police said.
  

  On the Southeast Side, about 7:20 p.m. a 19-year-old man was walking on the 8600 block of South Marquette Avenue when a gunman stepped out from an alley and fired multiple rounds, striking the victim in the buttocks and thigh.

  The wounded man was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, but a condition report was not available, police said.

The whole list of casualties is at the link, but wouldn't it be nice to be able to see into the future? To be able to assign police to the scene before crime occurred in order to prevent all this needless suffering? If only someone were out there to save all these poor innocent honor students and future doctors!