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In Chicago, nearly 700 children were hit by gunfire last year — an average of almost two a day — and 66 of them died. That number is up over the previous year, even though the overall number of homicides in Chicago fell last year to a 45-year low.
Over the next week, NPR will examine what some call an epidemic of youth violence in Chicago and the city's new intensive efforts to try to reduce it, as other cities with serious or similar youth violence problems watch and take note. NPR's Cheryl Corley and David Schaper begin our coverage with this report:
The weather is turning in Chicago. The snow has melted, and kids are beginning to spend more time outdoors. In some Chicago neighborhoods, that's dangerous.
http://www.npr.org/2011/03/21/132678405/chicagos-schools-police-work-to-stem-violence#
In Chicago, nearly 700 children were hit by gunfire last year — an average of almost two a day — and 66 of them died. That number is up over the previous year, even though the overall number of homicides in Chicago fell last year to a 45-year low.
The weather is turning in Chicago. The snow has melted, and kids are beginning to spend more time outdoors. In some Chicago neighborhoods, that's dangerous.
http://www.npr.org/2011/03/21/132678405/chicagos-schools-police-work-to-stem-violence#
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