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August 14, 2012 | By Tracy Swartz and RedEye
West Englewood saw two homicides in the last week, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found. On Monday, a 21-year-old man was shot to death in the 5700 block of South Elizabeth Street, police said. Four days earlier, a 27-year-old man was fatally shot in the 5700 block of South Hermitage Avenue, according to officials. West Englewood has logged 14 homicides so far this year. The South Side community area recorded 27 homicides last year, RedEye data shows. Citywide, gunshot homicides were logged in the last week in Ashburn, Greater Grand Crossing, the Near North Side, South...
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July 25, 2012 | By Tracy Swartz and RedEye
South Deering saw a double homicide Monday, officials said. A 17-year-old boy and a 34-year-old woman were shot to death in the 2100 block of East 96th Place, police said. South Deering has logged four homicides so far this year. The South Side community area recorded three homicides last year, RedEye data shows. Citywide, gunshot homicides were logged in the last week in Auburn Gresham, Austin, Englewood, New City, Portage Park, West Englewood and West Garfield Park, RedEye determined.
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January 31, 2012 | By Tracy Swartz, RedEye
Four South Side areas landed on AOL dailyfinance.com list of the 25 most dangerous neighborhoods, which was posted Monday on fark.com. The site said they used information from neighborhoodscout.com , a real estate site that crunches violent crime data from the FBI and local law enforcement areas. The time period used for the study was not specified. Neighborhoodscout.com did not respond to a request for comment. Chicago had the most areas on the list followed by Baltimore, Dallas, Kansas City, Mo., and Memphis, Tenn., with two each.
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January 11, 2012 | By Tracy Swartz and RedEye
Austin has recorded three homicides in the last week, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found. On Tuesday, a 26-year-old man was shot to death in the 4900 block of West Polk Street, police said. Three days earlier, a 22-year-old man was stabbed to death in the 900 block of North Waller Avenue, officials said. On Jan. 5, a 51-year-old man was fatally shot in the 4600 block of West Monroe Street, police said. Austin has recorded three homicides so far this year, RedEye data shows.
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January 4, 2012 | By Tracy Swartz and RedEye
Austin, Chicago Lawn, Englewood, New City and Pullman each saw two homicides in the last week, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found. In Austin, a 27-year-old man was shot to death Tuesday in the 1000 block of North Keystone Avenue, police said. Five days earlier, a 41-year-old Chicago police officer was fatally shot in the 1200 block of North Austin Boulevard, officials said. Austin recorded 29 homicides in 2011, up from 23 homicides in 2010, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found.
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December 28, 2011 | By Tracy Swartz and RedEye
Austin, Englewood and the Near West Side each saw two homicides in the last week, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found. In Austin, a 27-year-old man was shot to death Saturday in the 500 block of South Cicero Avenue, police said. Three days earlier, a 46-year-old man was fatally shot in the 5500 block of West Washington Boulevard, officials said. Austin has recorded 29 homicides so far this year, RedEye data shows. The West Side community area logged 23 homicides last year, RedEye determined.