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Chicago Hit With Early Crime Wave

Posted Apr 25, 08 12:26 PM CDT in US,  Crime & Courts 

(Newser) – An explosion of violence in Chicago last weekend—three dozen shootings that resulted in seven deaths—and a quintuple homicide on Wednesday have local police struggling for an explanation, as well as a response. Crime usually jumps later in the year, the Chicago Tribune notes, when both the weather and gang activity heat up. 

The department will be increasing its presence—including SWAT teams in battle dress—in dangerous neighborhoods this weekend to help calm things down. The city's new police superintendent, a former FBI agent, disbanded a controversial Special Operations Section that had targeted street crime, leaving some officers grumbling about their ability to fight gang violence.

Source Chicago Tribune

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Chicago Police will take to the streets in extra numbers this weekend to combat an increase in violence that arrived along with warmer weather.   (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
Chicago Police investigate a crime scene where three men and two women were found dead inside a house in Chicago's South Side, Wednesday, April 23, 2008, during a particularly bloody week.   (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
Neighbors look on as Chicago Police investigate a crime scene. Law enforcement presence on the streets will ramp up this weekend following a surge in violent crime last week.   (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
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