Daily Mail: Six children amongst 45 people shot in Chicago during bloody Easter weekend (Chicago - Butcher Hog for the World /Cruel Maker, Slacker of Street/ Player with Bling and Hoes and the Nation's Fright Handler/Presidential King-maker/Stormy, hooded, gang-banging/Big City of the Kid Shooters. –Apologies to Carl Sandburg.)

Six children amongst 45 people shot in Chicago during bloody Easter weekend

- Of the 45 people shot, nine were killed

- Five children were shot as they were walking home from a playground

- Someone in a vehicle that passed the children asked if they were in a particular gang before one of them started shooting

- Police recovered 23 shell casings from the scene of the shooting

- The children ranged in age from 11 to 15

So far this year 85 people have been murdered in Chicago

In 2013, 431 people were murdered in the Windy City . . .

Chicago has been plagued by violence in recent years as gangs continue to infiltrate the city. . . .

     In a related story, it is being reported that criminals "continue to infiltrate" Leavenworth. 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2609545/Six-children-45-people-shot-Chicago-violent-Easter-weekend.html#ixzz2zZrUGIf9