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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia police say an elderly food vendor was stabbed to death while loading his cart with supplies early Thursday morning.

The stabbing happened at about 4:30 a.m. in the 400 block of Volmer Street in South Philadelphia.

According to investigators, a 69-year-old man was loading his cart with food and supplies when he was approached by a man who stabbed the victim in the neck.
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/04/18/elderly-food-vendor-stabbed-to-death-in-south-philadelphia/
 
Chicago police say a 15-year-old boy was found fatally shot in a backyard about four blocks from President Barack Obama's home on the city's South Side.

Cornelius German had been shot in the back and was found unresponsive at about 9:40 p.m. Monday in the 700 block of E. 50th Place.

Police Department spokesman John Mirabelli says German was a gang member but that the motive for the shooting was not yet certain.


http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/boy-15-fatally-shot-obamas-chicago-home-19021323
 
There have been 441 shootings and 100 homicides in the city of Chicago so far this year, according to a blog that tracks crime in Chicago.

That works out to 3.8 shootings per day or approximately one shooting every 6.3 hours.

The "Crime in Chicago" blog updates daily and tracks crime news within the city. It keeps a running tally of all homicides and shootings.

In 2012, the blog shows that 2,670 individuals were shot in Chicago. That was up 20% from 2,217 in 2011.

Likewise, the number of homicides in 2012 was 535, up 21% from 441 in 2011.
http://cnsnews.com/blog/gregory-gwyn-williams-jr/chicago-suffering-one-shooting-every-63-hours-2013-homicide-count-hits



NOTE: Illinois and the City of Chicago have some of the toughest gun control laws for honest citizens in the country.
 
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