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A former gang member turned gun control champion has stepped down from many of the organizations she once supported and now legally carries a handgun.

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The violence continued in Chicago last weekend, as 5 people were killed and 31 more wounded in shootings around the city from Friday afternoon through Monday morning.

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Chicago Police have seized nearly 6,000 illegally possessed guns so far in 2017, up by 250 from this time last year.

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A Chicago teen is finding an escape from all the gun violence in a unlikely place--a local funeral home on the Windy City's south side.

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A convicted felon was sentenced to 7 years in prison Wednesday for firing a gun near Wrigley Field after the Chicago Cubs won the 2015 National League Division Series.

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More blood was shed in Chicago this weekend, as three people were killed and at least 27 wounded in shootings throughout the Windy City.

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Two Chicago aldermen want parents to be punished if they know their kids have guns, and one of them had some choice words to say about it Monday.

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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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A convicted Chicago felon was sentenced to eight years in prison Tuesday for illegally possessing a handgun he used to intimidate his ex-girlfriend.

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Nearly 50 people tied to the Chicago Ganster Two-Six Nation street gang have been charged with dealing guns and drugs and 118 firearms seized as the result of a federal investigation.

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