The federal government is offering help to the city of Chicago in the fight to end violence in the streets. The special section of the U.S. Attorney's Office will target drugs and guns.
The news was announced after an especially violent Easter weekend in the city. Police officials say at least 44 people were shot over the weekend in Chicago. Eight of those victims died.
Monday night, two teen boys were wounded — one critically — in a shooting in the South Shore neighborhood. The two boys, ages 14 and 16, were standing on the sidewalk in the 1600 block of East 69th Street about 9:35 p.m. when they heard shots ring out and felt pain, police said.
Read more: http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/25306214/feds-intervene-after-violent-weekend-in-chicago#ixzz2zdt3SKdq
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