Police say 13 people were shot and wounded in a 30-minute spate of violence in Chicago, including eight gunned down on a single street.Authorities have been battling an increase in homicides in the city where some aldermen complain gangs have no fear of the police.
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It's well-known that gun violence is an issue for many inner cities across the U.S. But Chicago, in particular, has the most alarming rates, almost double that of New York City.
Since 2008, 80 percent of the 530 young people under the age of 21 felled by gun violence lived in the city's South, Southwest and West sides, which are heavily populated with African-Americans and Latinos. Ironically, only one-third of the city's population lives in these areas. Englewood, an area in the city's South Side, stood out the most. Their murder rate is five times that of the rest of the city.
To think that my grandson could be a casualty of a random shooting scares the shit out of me. Please help bring him home and donate.
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