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Girl, 11, and boy, 16, among at least 6 shot overnight
Chicago Tribune ^ | August 25, 2013 | Rosemary Regina Sobol

Posted on 08/25/2013 7:01:56 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

At least six people were shot overnight in Chicago, including an 11-year-old girl sitting on the front steps of her Northwest Side home, a 16-year-old boy shot on the West Side and three men shot in a single incident on the Near West Side.

The girl, who is about 11, was sitting on the steps of her home in the 2300 block of North Kostner Avenue in the Hermosa neighborhood with family members about 4 a.m. this morning when the shooter, possibly a woman, fired four or five times and struck the girl in the side, according to Grand Central District police Sgt. John Schuler.

The girl suffered a through-and-through wound to her side and was taken to Lurie Children's Hospital, said Schuler.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: chicago; guncontrol; secondamendment; shootings
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4:00 a.m. and about 11 years old....
1 posted on 08/25/2013 7:01:56 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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And the whole family out there.

There’s a subcultural problem here that screams for a real national conversation. Almost no one on the Left wants to have it.


2 posted on 08/25/2013 7:03:52 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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Young black men -- 3% of the population -- commit 50% of the murders in our society.

the shooter, possibly a woman, fired four or five times

And then there are the women folk ...

3 posted on 08/25/2013 7:04:35 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (21st century. I'm not a fan.)
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Idle hands...at 4 a.m. i am commuting to work.


4 posted on 08/25/2013 7:04:57 AM PDT by chasio649
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They did it for Trayvon! Oh, wait...


5 posted on 08/25/2013 7:05:00 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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the whole crew out on the street drinking and shouting at 4 am


6 posted on 08/25/2013 7:05:20 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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Kirsten Powers said “what about right-wingers and schools...” on BOR last week and basically echoed the sentiments of the guilt-ridden white class when she also said that these incidents happen in all segments of society.
7 posted on 08/25/2013 7:06:04 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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Chicago has been overtaken by the Amish.


8 posted on 08/25/2013 7:07:37 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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Springsteen has his next song and tribute. Oh wait... he doesn’t recognize these crimes.


9 posted on 08/25/2013 7:08:34 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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I looked it up on google maps, looks really nice compared to the hellhole slums in Kansas City, lots of nice cars parked around...........grass, not many weeds


10 posted on 08/25/2013 7:10:47 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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http://www.trulia.com/homes/Illinois/Chicago/sold/1000563353-2300-N-Kostner-Ave-Chicago-IL-60639

Seen worse


11 posted on 08/25/2013 7:11:22 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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An 11 year old girl sitting on the steps alone at 4;00 AM and a 16 year old boy in a vacant lot at 12:20 AM.

The rule at my house is you better be inside my house when the streetlight a come in or dad’s gonna chase you home with his motivator. And my lads are 18 & 21.


12 posted on 08/25/2013 7:18:54 AM PDT by gitmo ( If your theology doesn't become your biography it's useless.)
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4:00 a.m. and about 11 years old....

I'm sure the family was just up early to milk the chickens.

13 posted on 08/25/2013 7:23:49 AM PDT by Flick Lives (We're going to be just like the old Soviet Union, but with free cell phones!)
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too many Trayvons not enough Zimmermans...


14 posted on 08/25/2013 7:27:03 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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the whole crew out on the street drinking and shouting at 4 am

Drinking purple drank?

15 posted on 08/25/2013 7:27:46 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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They’re like vampires. They sleep all day and stay up all night. They like to sit on the front stoops and count the starts and their blessings.


16 posted on 08/25/2013 7:28:00 AM PDT by IbJensen (Liberals are like Slinkies, good for nothing, but you smile as you push them down the stairs.)
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the girl was with her whole fam and extended fam members


17 posted on 08/25/2013 7:28:26 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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Pick one

Monkeys - A troop, barrel

Apes A shrewdness
Asses A pace
Badgers A cete
Bats A colony
Bears A sloth, sleuth
Buffalo A gang, an obstinacy (I suspect these refer to old world buffalo; use “herd” for American bison)
Cats A clowder, a pounce; for kittens...A kindle, litter, an intrigue
Cattle A drove, herd
Deer A herd, bevy (refers only to roe deer)
Dogs A litter (young), pack (wild), cowardice (of curs); specific to hounds...A cry, mute, pack, kennel
Elephants A herd
Elk A gang
Ferrets A business
Fox A leash, skulk, earth
Giraffes A tower
Goats A tribe, trip
Gorillas A band
Hippopotamuses A bloat
Horses A team, harras, rag (for colts), stud (a group of horses belonging to a single owner, string (ponies)
Hyenas A cackle
Kangaroos A troop
Leopards A leap
Lions A pride
Martens A richness
Moles A labor
Monkeys A troop, barrel
Mules A pack, span, barren
Otters A romp
Oxen A team, yoke
Pigs A drift, drove, litter (young), sounder (of swine), team, passel (of hogs), singular (refers to a group of boars)
Porcupines A prickle
Rabbits A colony, warren, nest, herd (domestic only), litter (young); specific to hares...A down, husk
Rhinoceroses A crash
Seals A pod, herd
Sheep A drove, flock, herd
Squirrels A dray, scurry
Tigers A streak
Whales A pod, gam, herd
Wolves A pack, rout or route (when in movement)


18 posted on 08/25/2013 7:39:26 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: Flick Lives

Could be or maybe dad had an early shift and mom and the child wanted to send him off with smiles and hugs. And then the local Zimmerman went wild.


19 posted on 08/25/2013 7:40:00 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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What?? Like you never sat out on the steps with your 11-year-old at 4 AM??? Oh, wait - neither have I.


20 posted on 08/25/2013 7:40:32 AM PDT by Bob
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