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    3 weeks after 75 people were shot in Chicago's most violent weekend in 2018, only one alleged shooter has been charged

    by Jeremy Gorner and Annie Sweeney, Chicago Tribune Aug 24, 2018 6 minutes

    CHICAGO - An hour after allegedly opening fire and wounding a man at a bustling West Side intersection earlier this month, a one-time reputed shooter for one of the city's more dangerous street gangs was in custody.

    It was Saturday, Aug. 4 - the midway point of the most violent weekend this year in Chicago.

    It was impressive, lightning-fast police work that led to gun charges against 27-year-old Rick Franklin.

    But nearly three weeks later, Franklin remains the only alleged shooter charged in connection with the carnage from a weekend during which 75 people were shot, a dozen of those fatally. So far, department officials have reported progress on about five shootings that weekend - ranging from Franklin's arrest to investigative alerts issued for people they want to interview.

    Scores of other victims or their family members still await justice. The damage done by Chicago police's failure to solve the cases ripples beyond those left bandaged, recovering in hospitals or grieving lost loved ones. Residents and

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