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Chicago Passes 1,000 Shooting Victims For 2016

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A chilling new statistic is out today on gun violence in Chicago.

Police say the city has surpassed its 1,000th shooting of the year.

The Tribune says the victim was a 16-year-old boy, wounded yesterday near 131st and Champlain on the far south side.

During a 14-hour stretch yesterday, 13 people were shot.

Police say homicides in Chicago are up 64 percent this year over last.

As of last Sunday, 161 people had been murdered.

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