Summer Gun Violence

By Margaret Lyons in News on Sep 4, 2008 10:50PM

According to CBS 2's records, 123 people were shot and killed in Chicago between Memorial and Labor Day, and another 245 were shot and wounded. Over the same time period, 65 American soldiers were killed in Iraq. The most dangerous police district this summer was District 7, which includes Englewood and West Englewood, where gunfire killed 14 people and wounded 48. [CBS 2]