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Tributes To Every Teen Killed In Chicago This Summer

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Sep 5, 2012 10:00PM

We don't need to tell you again how violent summer 2012 was, but someone needs to tell you who the victims were. In June, July and August, a total of 152 people were killed. Of those, 38 were teenagers. Complex Magazine collected information on every teenager killed in Chicago this summer with photos of some of them, too. There's little information available on so many of the victims

We've also included here a short film titled "Think Before You Shoot," dramatizing a violent event. The creators write, "This film was not intended to "preach" down to you like so many other anti-violence tactics, But will connect you emotionally to the events that we have the power to stop."