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Shirley Chambers, 54, buried her last surviving child Monday. He was the fourth of her children who died of Chicago gun violence (theGrio)

Chicago mom attends funeral for 4th child dead from gun violence

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - With over 40 homicides and more than 150 shootings in Chicago, the country’s third most populous city reached a grim death toll in January...
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Chicago mother Shirley Chambers has lost all four of her children due to gun violence. (Video still via NBC Nightly News)

Chicago mom buries 4 child from gun violence

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - As a mother who raised four children in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green housing projects, she never dreamt she would outlive her kids, and after the deaths of the first three, hoped her fourth would outlive her...
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Simeon High School students join an anti-violence rally in the Loop April 1, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich joined several hundred Chicago school students at the rally which was held to draw attention to the 21 students murdered in the city so far this school year. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Chicago woman loses 4th child to gun violence

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CHICAGO (AP) - At least five people were gunned down Saturday in Chicago, including a 34-year-old man whose mother had already lost her three other children to shootings...
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