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(AP) - A year ago, Chicago's battle with street gangs reached perhaps its lowest point, when Michelle Obama came home for the funeral of a 15-year-old honor student who was killed in a gang dispute. Since then, the number of homicides and other violent crimes that turned Chicago into a national symbol of gun violence have fallen sharply. Here's a look at some key crime statistics by year:
HOMICIDES
2011: 435
2012: 503
2013: 415
SHOOTING INCIDENTS
2011: 2,225
2012: 2,448
2013: 1,864
SHOOTING VICTIMS
2011: 2,766
2012: 3,066
2013: 2,328
JUVENILE SHOOTING VICTIMS
2011: 324
2012: 354
2013: 212
OVERALL CRIME
2013 vs 2011: down 23 percent
2013 vs 2012: down 16 percent
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Source: Chicago Police Department
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