Once again the city of Chicago saw an eruption of violence over the weekend, this time leaving 9 people dead and at least 17 others wounded. According to WBBM Newsradio’s Brandis Friedman, the youngest victim was a 3-year-old boy who was shot in the arm while walking with his parents in the West Pullman neighborhood [...]
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