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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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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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The city already topped last year's murder rate and has seen 11 fatal shootings in two weeks, one of which claimed the life of a 1-year-old boy.

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Fifty-two percent of cases were at the hands of a person prohibited from otherwise legal gun ownership due to criminal, mental health or other history.

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Despite yet another violence-filled weekend in the Windy City, statistics released from the police department last week suggest that while shootings are on the rise in Chicago, homicides are actually down for the first half of 2014.

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According to the National Institute of Health, “The increase of gangs, teenage homicide, teenage suicide, teenage pregnancy, school drop-out, and other problems are a reflection of a rapidly changing society and family structure.”

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Researchers were unable to accurately conclude why considering that, at least in homicide cases, the person’s own gun was rarely used against them.

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