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Chicago
The worst is hearing people scream — especially mothers — at the sight of a dead loved one.
Last year, 88 percent of the guns recovered in Illinois were seized in Chicago. More than half of them came from out of state.
Community Violence
Local leaders say they know the drawbacks of harsh prison sentences, but can't wait for federal action to reduce shootings.
Nearly 60 people were shot in the city last weekend, making this September markedly different from Septembers past.
Accounts from the front lines of urban gun violence. This week: Two prominent Chicago activists on what it's like to lose a loved one to a fatal shooting after fighting so hard to stop them.
Spot treatments don't work if the larger problem is left unchecked.
An innovative program by epidemiologist Gary Slutkin has helped reduce violence in some urban neighborhoods by up to 70 percent.
The murder occurred before Mothers Against Senseless Killings arrived for its nightly patrol.
A group of neighborhood moms began camping out on a South Side street corner after a shooting there in late June. Since then, there hasn't been a single shooting in the area.
In Memoriam
"He was uplifting," said one person who knew him, but a run-in with armed men cut his life short.