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Chicago gangland shooting injures 13
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An overnight shooting that wounded 13 people, including a three-year-old child, on Chicago’s South Side was believed to be gang-related, police said yesterday.
The Thursday night shooting came in the same week that a contract worker opened fire at the Washington Navy Yard and killed 12 people in the United States capital.
“I can tell you that it’s an ongoing investigation and that 13 people were shot,” Chicago Police Department spokeswoman Amina Greer said yesterday, adding that no arrests have been made so far.
“At this time, we believe the motive for the shooting to be gang-related,” she said.
Gunfire rang out at about 10:15pm on Thursday, Greer said.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel canceled two Cabinet meetings in Washington on opportunities for Chicago and was headed back to his city after being notified about the shooting, his press office said.
Police said that besides the three-year-old, the injured ranged in age from 15 to 41.
Greer was unable to confirm reports that said four of the gunshot victims injured in the shooting on a basketball court, including the three-year-old, were listed in critical condition in area hospitals early yesterday.
Chicago has been plagued by gun violence in recent years, with more than 500 murders in 2012, according to a report this week by the FBI. By comparison, New York City, which has a population three times the size of Chicago, had 419 murders in 2012, the report added.
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