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Chicago saw the bloodshed continue this week, as six people were killed and 14 more wounded in a 19-hour stretch from Thursday to Friday morning.

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A Cook County judge denied bail Sunday for a 19-year-old man suspected of shooting two girls at an end-of-the-year school picnic.

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The outbreak of summer shootings continued in Chicago this weekend as 8 more people were killed and 49 others wounded between Friday evening and Monday morning.

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The armed attacker who fatally shot Cook County Judge Raymond Myles had followed the judge's girlfriend for weeks before the shooting, prosecutors said in court Thursday.

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The violence continued in Chicago over the weekend, as 7 people were shot and killed between Friday afternoon and Monday morning, including a Cook County judge.

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Last week Chicago went for more than six days without a fatal shooting, the longest stretch since at least January of 2013.

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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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Turning to the Freedom of Information Act to get the data, the Chicago Tribune found that on average at least once a week for the past six years, CPD skinned the smoke wagon.

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Gun rights advocates called for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s resignation following the release of a report last week highlighting the city’s gun violence.

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