Roosevelt Judkins watches as officials stand outside an abandoned house that they say is a haven for drug dealers and gang members, before it was demolished Thursday, July 12, 2012 in Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that the city's building department will spend $4 million to make it impossible for gang members to use the buildings as a base of operations. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Drug paraphernalia is seen on the floor of an abandoned house that officials say was a haven for drug dealers and gang members, shortly before it was demolished Thursday, July 12, 2012 in Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that the city's building department will spend $4 million to make it impossible for gang members to use the buildings as a base of operations. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Drug paraphernalia is seen on the floor of an abandoned house that officials say was a haven for drug dealers and gang members, shortly before it was demolished Thursday, July 12, 2012 in Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that the city's building department will spend $4 million to make it impossible for gang members to use the buildings as a base of operations. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Rahm Emanuel, Garry McCarthy
Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy speaks during a news conference where he and Mayor Rahm Emanuel, rear, announced an initiative to prevent gang activity in and around vacant buildings on Monday, July 9, 2012 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)
Rahm Emanuel, Garry McCarthy
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, left, listens to Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy during a news conference where they announced an initiative to prevent gang activity in and around vacant buildings on Monday, July 9, 2012 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)
CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 20: Dolores Walker (L) is comforted by her mother Josephine at the funeral service for her son Joseph Briggs at New Zion Grove Missionary Baptist Church on June 20, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Briggs, who turned 16 in April, was shot in the head during a drive-by shooting while he was sitting on his front porch with his sister on June 9. Briggs was one of nine people killed and 46 wounded by gunfire in Chicago during that June weekend. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 20: Family and friends watch as the remains of Joseph Briggs are lowered into a grave at Oak Woods Cemetery on June 20, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Briggs, who turned 16 in April, was shot in the head during a drive-by shooting while he was sitting on his front porch with his sister on June 9. Briggs was one of nine people killed and 46 wounded by gunfire in Chicago during that June weekend. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 20: Family and friends say goodbye to Joseph Briggs during a funeral service at New Zion Grove Missionary Baptist Church on June 20, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Briggs, who turned 16 in April, was shot in the head during a drive-by shooting while he was sitting on his front porch with his sister on June 9. Briggs was one of nine people killed and 46 wounded by gunfire in Chicago during that June weekend. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 20: Pallbearers carry the remains of Joseph Briggs from New Zion Grove Missionary Baptist Church following a funeral service on June 20, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Briggs, who turned 16 in April, was shot in the head during a drive-by shooting while he was sitting on his front porch with his sister on June 9. Briggs was one of nine people killed and 46 wounded by gunfire in Chicago during that June weekend. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 11: Signatures cover a memorial to Joseph Briggs which has been constructed outside his home June 11, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Briggs, who recently turned 16, was shot and killed while sitting on the stoop of his home in Chicago's Marquette Park neighborhood on Saturday. Briggs was one of at least 8 people killed and at least 43 wounded in shootings in Chicago this past weekend. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Four Men Charged With Mob Attack Near Wrigley Field
Four men are set to make an appearance in court today in connection with a mob attack near Wrigley Field. Witnesses say the men jumped out of a limo and began attacking people.
In a June 9, 2012 photo, the Chicago Police gang enforcement unit stops a car with four suspected gang members and arrests one of them on a warrant. In Chicago, homicides are up over 50 percent over last year. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)
In Chicago , homicides are up over 50 percent over last year. In some of the West and South side streets its guns, gangs and drugs. On a recent Saturday night people residents strolled by as a young man was being arrested. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)
In a June 5 2012 photo, police arrest a suspect in Chicago. The CPD narcotics division has been conducting undercover investigations in order to move in on suspected drug dealers in parts of Chicago's South and West sides. In the fight against Chicago's gang and drug problem Chicago Police patrol the streets 24/7. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)
In a June 5, 2012 photo, Devon Wright, 23, is arrested and charged with delivery of a controlled substance, in Chicago. The Chicago Police Department is waging a strategic battle against gang members and drug dealers. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)
Woman Fatally Shot While Leaving Gas Station
A violent weekend in Chicago includes a 25-year old woman who was fatally shot and killed while leaving a BP gas station.
Mob Attacks Man In Chicago, 11 Arrested
11 people have been taken into custody, including several juveniles, after a mob allegedly attacked a man in Chicago. This was just part of a violent 4th of July in the Windy City.
Deadly Memorial Day Weekend in Chicago
At least 41 people shot over the weekend in the Chicago area.
In a June 5, 2012 photo, a heroin pouch lays next to a sidewalk on Chicago's Homan Avenue. In section of Chicago's South and West sides narcotic sales is big business and it attributed to some of the recent surge in violence and murders. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)
Pat Quinn, Rahm Emanuel, Garry McCarthy
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, speak during a news conference, Monday, June 11, 2012, in Chicago where Gov. Quinn signed legislation to fight street gang crime. The new law empowers law enforcement to to prosecute gang leaders for the criminal acts of their organizations. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
Pat Quinn, Rahm Emanuel, Anita Alvarez,
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, is joined by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, left, and and Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez, second from right, Monday, June 11, 2012, in Chicago as Quinn signed legislation to fight street gang crime. The new law empowers law enforcement to to prosecute gang leaders for the criminal acts of their organizations. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
In the fight against Chicago's gang and drug problem Chicago Police patrol the streets 24/7. The CPD narcotics division has been conducting undercover investigations in order to move in on suspected drug dealers in parts of Chicago's South and West sides. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)
Gangs, Guns and Drugs in Chicago
Chicago's south and west sides are experiencing a more than 50 percent surge in homicides. In the first of a three part series, AP looks into the street violence with the Chicago Police gang & narcotic units, Chicago gang members and the DEA. (June 12)
Corey Brooks
In this photo taken, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, Rev. Corey Brooks sits in a tent where he is living atop an old drug and prostitution motel in one of Chicago's toughest neighborhoods. Brooks is occupying the roof with the hope to raise $450,000 to purchase the motel and use it as an education center to fight crime and gangs. He has been up there for 17 days thus far and says he is staying until the funds are raised. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)
