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Friday, March 8, 2013

Violent Crime Rose in Evanston in 2012; Overall Crime Stayed Flat

Evanston Police Chief Richard Eddington attributed the rise in violent crimes to an increase in aggravated assaults and battery connected with an ongoing conflict between members of two local factions.

Violent crimes increased in Evanston from 2011 to 2012, although overall crime numbers stayed relatively flat, according to Evanston Police Chief Richard Eddington.  The total number of violent crimes—including murder, criminal sexual assault, robbery and aggravated assault and battery—increased from 180 in 2011 to 235 in 2012, according to police figures released on Friday. When police add in the statistics from burglaries, thefts, motor vehicle thefts and arsons, the total number of major crimes actually decreased from 2011 to 2012 by .7 percent, according to Eddington. Stay up to date on the latest Evanston news by signing up for our free newsletter. Police departments classify crimes in two groups, as defined by Federal Bureau of …

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Saturday, December 15, 2012

Gun Buyback Follows 3 Fatal Shootings in 3 Months

Evanston held its first gun buyback Saturday, Dec. 15. The program was spearheaded by Carolyn Murray, whose 19-year-old son, Justin, was shot and killed Nov. 29.

Two weeks after her 19-year-old son, Justin, was shot and killed, Carolyn Murray stood at Christ Temple MB Church in Evanston, watching as dozens of people turned over rifles and handguns during the city’s first gun buyback program. In a tragic irony, Murray actually started trying to organize a gun buyback last summer, months before her son’s death. When 14-year-old Dajae Coleman was shot and killed in September, the city got behind her efforts, and a date was set: Dec. 15. In the three months between Coleman’s death and this Saturday’s gun buyback, there have been two more fatal shootings, including Justin’s death, and one shooting that left a 20-year-old Evanston man hospitalized in critical condition. Police say the most recent …

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cityg187

11:34 am on Tuesday, December 18, 2012

This was nice but its not enough if you wanna stop the violence Create some jobs in Evanston niggaz have no job and so they sell to make ends meet and the streets aren't fair to anybody one day the Guy u used to hustle with turns on you and boom now its gun play..I blame our fake ass mayor and the youth job center   more ›

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