Midday News Links: Gun Violence Follows Chicago Into 2013
By Chuck Sudo in News on Jan 1, 2013 7:00PM
Photo credit: Mel Hill Photography
- We didn't leave behind gun violence in 2012. 11 people were shot during the first hours of 2013. One of those shot, 20-year-old Octavius Dontrell Lamb is the first murder victim of the year. [Tribune, Sun-Times]
- Which makes Dan Mihalopoulos' article about how there are fewer beat cops in patrol districts all the more damning. [Sun-Times]
- And there were several crashes on area expressways overnight. This is why we take advantage of the penny CTA rides when we go out on New Year's Eve, people. [CBS Chicago]
- The first babies of 2013 were born. [ABC 7]
- Von Freeman in concert on New Year's Eve in 1983 and 2010. [Chicago magazine]
- Surprise: Illinois is dragging its feet on pension reform. [Crain's]