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Chicago, IL

CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 18: A friend of Michael Westley places a bottle at the base of a memorial which has been erected along the sidewalk in front of Westley's home on June 18, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Fifteen-year-old Westley was shot and killed Sunday by police who said he pointed a gun at them during a foot chase. The weekend in Chicago saw at least 46 people wounded and 8 killed by gunfire in the city. Westley was one of two people killed by police on Sunday.

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About Chicago, IL

Chicago is a major city in the U.S. state of Illinois. The city is the largest in the Midwest and the third-most populous city in the United States, with over 2.8 million people. The Chicago Metropolitan area, informally known as Chicagoland, has a population of over 9.4 million in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana making it the third largest in the United States. Chicago is located along the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan and is a major center of transportation, industry, politics, culture, finance, medicine and higher education. Chicago is informally called the "Second City," the "Windy City," and the "City of Big Shoulders" (from Carl Sandburg's poem Chicago).

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