Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20161227:10:39:00
Homicides, both stark increases from a year ago. more murders than new york and los angeles combined. >> police officer kep vin mccarthy -- >> reporter: in the next two years mayor recaahm emanuel, un fire for the continued violence, pledged to hire nearly 1,000 new police officers, targeting the 1,400 mostly documented gang members authorities say are responsible for much of the bloodshed. >> if you pick up a gun and shoot somebody, you should go to prison, period. >> reporter: the strategy comes too late to save 11-year-old tevon tanner from being caught in the crossfire. >> i heard them hit...