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PBS NewsHour | Gun Violence Is Public Health Crisis in Chicago | PBS

Duration: 11:19
Program: PBS NewsHour #10569
Broadcast Date: Feb. 22, 2013

So far in the first two months of this year, gun deaths in Chicago have already outpaced last year's explosive rate. Elizabeth Brackett of PBS member station WTTW explores the escalating public health crisis in Chicago due to the high rates of gun violence.

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Post Date: February 22, 2013