(CBS News) CHICAGO – There is a war going on — not overseas, but right here on the streets of America. A gang war has taken over parts of Chicago.
Over the weekend, 14 people were shot. Two were killed.
So far this year, there have been more than 2,364 shootings and 487 homicides.
CBS News National Correspondent Dean Reynolds rode along with Commander Leo Schmitz of Chicago Police Department’s 7th district. The area is a gang-related swath of the city’s South Side. They started to drive as children were leaving school for the day.
“When you have them coming out of school, and there’s any kind of gang conflicts, you’ve got a mix like fire and gasoline,” Schmitz said.
The gangs are fighting a war over turf, drugs and money.