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Editorial: It’s 76 shots that are hard for today’s Chicago to talk about, but that kill a kid just the same

Bullet casings can be seen on the ground at the scene where several people were shot near the 2000 block of West 52nd Street, April 13, 2024, in Chicago.

Chicago police recovered 76 casings after the Saturday night massacre in the 2000 block of West 52nd Street in Chicago. They did not recover the life of Ariana Molina, 9.

Nor did they prevent the sprayed bullets from an automatic weapon from wounding two young boys, ages 8 and 9.

Nor could they prevent the shooting of a 1-year-old baby, who may need surgery, nor the several adults wounded. And they couldn’t stop the many other adults and young people present from witnessing the kind of event that can and does

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