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Twelve-year-old Kanari Gentry-Bowers died in a hospital bed Wednesday night, the third child in two days to die from gunfire in the city of Chicago.

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The violence continued in Chicago, as five more people were killed and at least 22 wounded in shootings over the weekend.

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Chicago's Independent Police Review authority has recommended an officer be fired by the Chicago Police Department for fatally shooting a man at a traffic stop.

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A new group is trying to better understand Chicago's gun violence problem, bringing community engagement experts and local researchers together to develop real world solutions.

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Gun owners are required to have a Firearms Owners Identification card to legally possess firearms in the state of Illinois, but many with revoked FOID cards still manage to keep their guns.

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NRATV host Grant Stinchfield said Friday that the Chicago Police Department's expansion of new technology would not be enough to solve Chicago's violence problem, calling for more aggressive police action and prosecution of gun criminals.

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Following the deadliest year in decades, the Windy City is already outpacing 2016’s shooting and homicide statistics after just 22 days.

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The gun violence did not let up in Chicago for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, as 32 more people were shot over the weekend.

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Researchers at Columbia University hope computer analysis of language in social media posts can help stop gang violence before it starts.

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Facing the most violent year in decades, Chicago's top cop said this week that the city is "not out of control" - something a Chicago Tribune columnist disagrees with.

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At least 10 bullets ripped through a car windshield Tuesday night in Chicago, leaving two young children and two teenagers injured.

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A grand jury has convened and will start investigating whether there was a police cover-up of the October 2014 shooting death of Laquan McDonald by an officer in Chicago.

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