Chicago Shooting Case

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Chicago shooting shows gap in stepped-up policing Boy, 3, among 13 injured in Chicago park shooting: Chicago detectives: Police investigate the scene in Cornell Square Park on the Southside of Chicago where 11 people including a 3-year-old child were shot, Sept. 19. Getty Images: Scott Olson Police investigate the scene in Cornell Square Park on the Southside of Chicago where 11 people including a 3-year-old child were shot, Sept. 19. AP 1 day ago | Carla K. Johnson of Associated Press share 132 tweet 9 email A shooting at a Chicago park Thursday night that injured 13 has left many angry at the toll gun violence has taken and the inability of police to stop it. CHICAGO — A shooting that injured a 3-year-old boy and 12 others in Chicago…show more content…
Deonta was alert when he arrived at the hospital and was apparently doing well, his family and friends said early Friday. He was in critical condition, as were two other shooting victims. The others were in serious or fair condition when taken to hospitals, according to the Chicago Fire Department. Hospital officials declined to provide updates Friday evening. The scene of a multiple shooting near intersection of 50th and Wood in Chicago, Thursday, Sept. 19.MCT: Phil Velasquez, Chicago Tribune. The scene of a multiple shooting near intersection of 50th and Wood in Chicago, Thursday, Sept.…show more content…
Chicago victim's relative urges shooters to turn themselves in Chicago victim's relative urges shooters to turn themselves in 2 days ago 0:59 Views: 10k Reuters . Violent crime is down this year in Chicago compared with 2012, when homicides surged past 500 for the first time since 2008. Police have recorded 305 homicides so far this year, 21 percent fewer than the 389 slayings recorded over the same period last year. Rap artist Common, a Chicago native who has spoken eloquently about his hometown's violence, said the city needs to better understand its young people and be more consistent in its efforts to help them. Speaking at a city-sponsored summit aimed at helping local musicians develop their careers, he noted that while the violence remains a problem, so does increasing poverty and other hardships that families face. "It makes me think I got to do more, we got to do more," said Common, who has a foundation that helps expose disadvantaged young people to the creative arts. "Young people, we have to meet them where they are. Some of them may not be in a place where they can say, 'OK I'm going to stop.' It may be a process. You have to deal with that." Some residents responded with resilience. At the park where the shooting took place, two men with a well-worn basketball

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