Tag: homicide

  • Chicago Criminals Get A Free Pass On Committing Certain Crimes

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    Basically that’s what is going down there now: Under the new policy, dispatchers will route 911 calls reporting non-criminal complaints or crimes in which no one is in imminent danger, such as some car thefts and simple assaults, to desk officers who will fill out police reports by phone. The new policy prohibits callers from…

  • Chicago Trys To End Gun Violence By Turning To Twitter

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    400 murders so far in 2012, and naturally they want Twitter users advice: The City of Chicago is asking residents with ideas on how to get illegal guns off the streets to share their thoughts — in 140 characters or fewer on Twitter. The best submitted ideas will be debated at an Oct. 11 panel…

  • No Rural-City Gap In Youth Gun Deaths … Or Is There?

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    According to the Journal Pediatrics, children in the most rural areas of the United States are as likely to die by gunfire as those in the biggest cities, a new analysis of nearly 24,000 deaths finds. The researchers analyzed data on nearly 24,000 gun-related deaths among those 19 and younger from 1999 through 2006. That…

  • Chicago Indoor And Outdoor Homicide Classification

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    Chicago’s rising homicide rate spiked on Tuesday with a murder-suicide that left three people dead and three more bodies found in a car.  Police Supt. Jody Weis knows that he will ultimately find himself on the hotseat for the surge. But, he’s got a new defense.   He’s creating a new category of “indoor” homicides —…