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Chicago Police Tout Drop In Violent Crime Compared With Last Year, But Experts Say Figures Can Be Misleading
Coincidentally just minutes after a 9-year-old girl was shot and critically wounded at 79th Street and Maryland Avenue Thursday afternoon, Chicago Police Supt. David Brown stepped up to the mic for a news conference to talk about the city's drop in violence.