News (Media Awareness Project) - US IL: Chicago Again Leads In Homocides |
| Title: | US IL: Chicago Again Leads In Homocides |
| Published On: | 2004-01-02 |
| Source: | San Jose Mercury News (CA) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-19 01:41:12 |
CHICAGO AGAIN LEADS IN HOMICIDES
Despite a sharp drop in homicides, Chicago has regained a title it did not
want: America's murder capital.
The city finished 2003 with 599 homicides, police said Thursday. That was
down from 648 a year earlier and the first time since 1967 that the total
had dipped below 600.
The nation's third-largest city outpaced all others for the second time in
three years.
New York, with about three times the population, ended the year with 596
homicides.
No. 2 city Los Angeles, which had the most murders in 2002 at 658, wound up
2003 with an estimated total just under 500.
Chicago's new police superintendent, Philip J. Cline, joined colleagues
elsewhere in the nation blaming homicides largely on a volatile mix of
gangs, guns and drugs.
Despite a sharp drop in homicides, Chicago has regained a title it did not
want: America's murder capital.
The city finished 2003 with 599 homicides, police said Thursday. That was
down from 648 a year earlier and the first time since 1967 that the total
had dipped below 600.
The nation's third-largest city outpaced all others for the second time in
three years.
New York, with about three times the population, ended the year with 596
homicides.
No. 2 city Los Angeles, which had the most murders in 2002 at 658, wound up
2003 with an estimated total just under 500.
Chicago's new police superintendent, Philip J. Cline, joined colleagues
elsewhere in the nation blaming homicides largely on a volatile mix of
gangs, guns and drugs.
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