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shootings before they occur. and while this operation is now under way, a stepped up effort to crack down on this violence, certainly a lot of leaders and even law enforcement are hopeful that this will help, but many here admit the pace of the violence right now is hard to keep up with. victor, alisyn? >> 287 people killed, more than 1,000 injured and we're just a little more than five months into this year. le leyla santiago, thank you. eight people from chicago injured when someone started shooting from a car. five people fatally shot in the city. the police superintendent says the murder rate is on a downward trend. >> cnn's omar is in chicago for us. omar, what do we hear today? >> reporter: well, alisyn, victor, the rates for murder and shootings are both up here in chicago as we head into the summer months. typically the higher end of the