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Source: Screenshot from Youtube video

Video surfaces of Hadiya anti-gang violence PSA

Brittany Tom
theGRIO REPORT - NBC confirms that a video which has surfaced on YouTube featuring a young Hadiya Pendleton, the 15 year-old girl whose life was suddenly cut short due to a gang-related shooting in Chicago yesterday, appears to be a public service announcement against gang violence...
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Anton Watson (C) and other children participate in a peace vigil in the Washington Park neighborhood on November 30, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. About 75 children, teachers, and parents were joined by area residents and religious leaders as they marched in the streets to draw attention to the violence that plagues their Southside neighborhood. Through the end of October 436 people were murdered in Chicago, surpassing the 435 murders for all of 2011. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Chicago may reach 500 homicide mark in 2012

Associated Press
(AP) - The last time the city reached the 500-homicide mark was in 2008, when the year ended with 512 killings. Last year, city records show Chicago had 435 homicides...
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