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Chicago registers its 500th homicide of 2012 – the highest number since 2008
Rahm Emanuel’s first full year as Chicago mayor ends on a tragic note: The city marked its 500th homicide Thursday evening, making 2012 the deadliest year in the city since 2008. Overall, Chicago homicides are at a historic low compared to decades past – 928 in 1991, for example. But…
Chicago homicides already pass mark for 2011, defying trend in other U.S. cities
Chicago: Homicides already pass mark for 2011, defying trend in other US cities With two months left in 2012, the number of homicides in Chicago has already surpassed the total count for all of 2011, a trend sharply at odds with other large US cities. Deadly shootings over the weekend…
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