CHICAGO'S GUN VIOLENCE CRISISChicago, the third-largest US city, has drawn attention due to its gun violence, which police have blamed largely on gang violence and a proliferation of stolen guns. A Chicago man was shot and killed while live streaming a video on Facebook, police said on Friday, just days after a double-homicide in France in which the killer later took to Facebook Live to encourage more violence. The Facebook Live video appears to show Perkins recording himself and a group of people in front of a row of homes before someone opened fire. Briefcase 1 The Facebook Live video appears to show Antonio Perkins recording himself and a group of people in front of a row of homes before someone opened fire. There were nearly 500 homicides last year, and gun violence is up in 2016, police say.

Source: India Today June 19, 2016 13:07 UTC