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The school year has just begun for Chicago Public School students, but already a high school student has been killed and a teacher attacked.
On Wednesday afternoon, 16-year-old Deantonio Goss was walking home from school in the 8600 block of South Saginaw Avenue when he was fatally shot, according to the Chicago Tribune. An 18-year-old student was also wounded in the incident.
The school is even part of a program designed to curb gun violence near schools, ABC reports:
It's called Safe Passage, an $8 million program funded by federal stimulus dollars. Trained monitors, equipped with cell phones and highly-visible clothing, are being stationed on several blocks around some schools.
... two boys ages 13 and 16, were wounded in a drive-by shooting.
Also on Wednesday afternoon, a CPS teacher was the victim of violence.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, a 27-year-old teacher was attempting to break up a fight at Pickard Elementary School in Pilsen when he was stabbed by a 13-year-old.
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