Chicago has bloody Christmas weekend with 41 shootings, 11 dead
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By Karen Graham 15 hours ago in Crime
Chicago - During what is supposed to be a season of peace and joy for Christians around the world, the city of Chicago saw 41 shootings with 11 deaths, seven of them on Christmas day this year.
The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that the statistics cover Friday evening through Sunday night, creating a grim holiday season, even by Chicago's standards.
In one series of shootings on Christmas day in East Chatham, according to the Chicago Tribune, James Gill, 18, and Roy Gill, 21, were killed when someone came out of an alley and opened fire on a front porch during a family holiday party. Five other people were wounded during the free-for-all shooting.
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