CPD takes 2,500 guns off Chicago streets

More Stop the Violence

• Sound judgment key to stopping violence
• April 26, 2013 (CHICAGO) - Getting kids to enjoy reading is one thing -- but helping them develop critical thinking skills could be life-saving.
• YMCA programs help keep kids off streets
• April 12, 2013 (CHICAGO) - In order to meet the needs of various communities, the YMCA is offering more programs to keep kids off the streets.
• Michelle Obama: 'Hadiya Pendleton was me'
• April 10, 2013 (CHICAGO) - ''Hadiya's family was just like my family. Hadiya Pendleton was me. And I was her,'' Michelle Obama said. ''But I got to grow up.''
• Social media used to help stop the violence
• March 31, 2013 (CHICAGO) - New numbers from Chicago Police show a big decline in murders this month compared to last year, but that does not erase last year's 500 homicides and a young man is using social media to form a movement against violence.
• Computers help curb violence in Englewood
• March 29, 2013 (CHICAGO) - In the Englewood neighborhood, the threat of violence is always looming.
• Play 'Broken Windows' looks at choices, decisions
• March 22, 2013 (CHICAGO) - A single mother who works long hours leaves the oldest in charge, only to learn that it's an invitation to trouble.
• CPD hosts town hall to stop the violence
• March 30, 2013 (CHICAGO) - The Chicago Police Department hosted a town hall meeting to educate the city's youth about the recent rise in violence in some neighborhoods.
• Windy City Hoops keeping kids off streets
• March 29, 2013 (CHICAGO) - A Chicago Park District program called Windy City Hoops is keeping kids off the streets and scoring big points with teenagers.
• Training program for ex-offenders looking for jobs
• March 15, 2013 (CHICAGO) - Ex-offenders looking to improve their lives are buzzing about a free job training program in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood.
• Play highlights real life Chicago gun violence
• March 14, 2013 (CHICAGO) - Real life stories from those directly impacted by gun violence have made their way to the stage in an effort to show the community that now is the time to work toward change.
• Hadiya Pendleton honored at Kennicott Park rally
• A parade of hearses aiming to focus political attention on gun violence wound its way through several South Side neighborhoods Sunday afternoon.
• Chicago group aims to Stop Violence, keep peace
• March 8, 2013 (CHICAGO) - A group in Chicago attempted to keep the peace by keeping those at risk from committing violence off the street Friday night.

• Stopping the violence in high crime neighborhoods
• Spring break trip combats Chicago violence
• Windy City LIVE: Stop the Violence
• Anti-violence march on Southwest Side
• Training ex-offenders gives them second chance, opportunity
• Video: 'I hurt all the time,' Hadiya Pendleton's mother
• 'Broken' sentencing part of Chicago violence cycle, McCarthy says
• ABC7 Exclusive: Mayor Emanuel on anti-violence plan
• Windy City Hoops basketball program expanding
• Obama wraps State of Union speech tour in Chicago
• Teen killed same day sister sat behind Obama
• Mom: Victims of gun violence need voice
• 2 men arrested, held in Hadiya Pendleton's murder
• Obama's visit to address gun violence, other issues
• Shooting victim's parents to other parents: Step up
• Aurora provides example for stopping violence
• Boxing initiative hopes to get Chicago kids inside police gyms
• Chicago teens plead for peace
• Obama urged to address Chicago violence
• March, vigil held to remember Hadiya Pendleton
• Families of victims look to stop the violence
• Photo shoot aims to Stop the Violence
• Second peace tournament looks to stop the violence
• What If Chicago could get illegal guns off the streets?
• CPD announce criminal takedown, new crimefighting plan
• ABC's Diane Sawyer reports on Chicago violence
• Kids impacted by violence create art project
• Hundreds gather in Evanston to address youth violence
• South Side march calls for end to violence
• Event honors violent crime victims, survivors