Chicago Is On Track To Exceed More Murders Than Any Year In Recent Memory

By Meha Ahmad, Nereida Moreno
A pedestrian walks across Michigan Ave., Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, past a Chicago police department vehicle, a few blocks north of the raised Michigan Ave. bridge over the Chicago river after overnight vandalism in Chicago.
A pedestrian walks across Michigan Ave., last month, past a Chicago police department vehicle, a few blocks north of the raised Michigan Ave. bridge over the Chicago river after overnight vandalism in Chicago. Charles Rex Arbogast / Associated Press
A pedestrian walks across Michigan Ave., Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, past a Chicago police department vehicle, a few blocks north of the raised Michigan Ave. bridge over the Chicago river after overnight vandalism in Chicago.
A pedestrian walks across Michigan Ave., last month, past a Chicago police department vehicle, a few blocks north of the raised Michigan Ave. bridge over the Chicago river after overnight vandalism in Chicago. Charles Rex Arbogast / Associated Press

Chicago Is On Track To Exceed More Murders Than Any Year In Recent Memory

By Meha Ahmad, Nereida Moreno
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