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    Saturday, April 19, 2014

    Chicago gang shootings go on as Mayor Emanuel boasts crime at 'record low'

    A hip-hop-fuelled gang war is raging in a city derided as 'Chiraq', even as authorities herald crackdown a success


    The gap between Gakirah Barness front teeth when she smiled, whether she was celebrating on the basketball court or messing around with friends, made her look even younger than the 17 years she spent in south Chicago before being shot to death last weekend.


    At least I dont have to constantly worry about whats going to happen to her out on the street no more, said her mother, Shontell Brown, who wept as she inspected the cemetery plot where Gakirah will be buried on Monday. Her father, who was gunned down on her first Easter Sunday, lies nearby. Her twin brother, who saw his best friend murdered in 2011, will be at the funeral.


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