Slaying Fuels Anger In Chicago

　　The seemingly random killing of a 15-year-old girl who performed last week as a majorette at President Barack Obama&aposs second inauguration is crystallizing anger over this city&aposs high murder rate.

　　The slaying of Hadiya Pendleton, as she stood with friends Tuesday afternoon in a park, came on a day that saw the city&aposs 40th, 41st and 42nd murders of the year, according to police. It continued an uptick in homicides that began last year when more than 500 people were killed. The majority were gang-related shootings on the city&aposs troubled south and west sides.

　　On Wednesday, Ms. Pendleton&aposs death was raised at a White House news briing and became the subject of a news conference with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who called the sophomore honor student &aposwhat is best in our city.&apos

　　Chicago Police have struggled to overcome what they say is an entrenched code of silence that they blame for the low homicide-clearance rate. Mr. Emanuel said: &aposIf anybody has any information, you are not a snitch, you&aposre a citizen. You&aposre a good citizen in good standing if you help.&apos

　　Tuesday afternoon topped 60 degrees, and Miss Pendleton was with about a dozen friends from her volleyball team at a park when rain forced them under a canopy, said Chicago Police spokesman Joshua Purkiss.

　　Then a man with a gun jumped a fence surrounding the park and ran at them firing. The group scrambled to get away, and Miss Pendleton─who police say wasn&apost affiliated with a gang─was shot once in the back and killed, Mr. Purkiss said.

　　&aposThe area is a hangout for gang members and it is believed the offender mistook the group for gang members and fired at them,&apos Mr. Purkiss said. &aposBy all indications [Miss Pendleton] was an unintended victim.&apos The shooter jumped in a car and drove away. There have been no arrests.

　　Semiautomatic weapons are banned in the city of Chicago, as are stores that sell guns. But guns are available in neighboring suburbs, and gun violence here goes hand in hand with the city&aposs gang culture and a membership police estimate at 100,000.

　　At a news conference Tuesday, Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said that through the first three weeks of January, officers in two of Chicago&aposs 22 districts seized more illegal guns than were collected in all of New York City in the same period.

　　This January has been the deadliest in the city since 2002, while 2012 saw the most murders since 2008, according to the Chicago Tribune.

　　【中文对照翻译】

　　上周在奥巴马(Barack Obama)连任美国总统的就职典礼上参加乐队演出的15岁少女在芝加哥被枪杀，引发人们对该市高谋杀率的愤怒。这似乎是一起随意性枪杀事件。

　　Associated Press周二，彭德尔顿在芝加哥一座公园与朋友们聊天时被射杀。警方表示，彭德尔顿(Hadiya Pendleton)周二下午与朋友一起站在公园里时被杀害，当天还发生了该市这一年的第40、41和42起谋杀案。去年开始增加的凶杀案目前势头不减。去年有500多人因凶杀案遇害，其中大部分是与黑帮有关的枪击事件，事发地点位于芝加哥市混乱的南面和西面。

　　周三，彭德尔顿死亡一事在白宫新闻发布会上被提起，也成为芝加哥市长伊曼纽尔(Rahm Emanuel)新闻发布会上的主题。伊曼纽尔称这名高二的优秀学生是“我市最出色的”。

　　芝加哥警方一直难以攻克他们所说的根深蒂固的缄默守则，警方认为这是破案效率低下的原因。伊曼纽尔说：如果任何人掌握了什么消息，请记住你们不是告密者，你们是市民，如果你们提供帮助，你们就是信誉良好的优秀市民。

　　Associated Press周三，彭德尔顿的父亲(左)与家人拥抱在一起。芝加哥警察局发言人帕基斯(Joshua Purkiss)说，周二下午，芝加哥气温超过华氏60度，彭德尔顿本来是和排球队的十几个朋友在一起，后来因为躲雨站到一个棚子下。

　　然后，一名男子携枪越过公园围栏，向他们边跑边开枪。帕基斯说，人群四散逃开，彭德尔顿背部中枪身亡。警方说，彭德尔顿生前与黑帮并无往来。

　　帕基斯说，那个地方是黑帮成员的活动场所，据信是嫌疑人错把他们当成黑帮成员，所以向他们开枪。帕基斯说，无论从任何迹象来看，彭德尔顿的受害都不是蓄意事件。枪手随后跳上一辆车，离开了现场。目前还没有任何人被逮捕。

　　与枪支贩卖商店一样，芝加哥市也禁止使用半自动武器。但在市郊仍有枪支可售。芝加哥的枪支暴力与该市黑帮文化息息相关。警方估计，黑帮成员多达10万人。

　　芝加哥警察局局长麦卡锡(Garry McCarthy)在周二的新闻发布会上说，今年1月前三周，警方在芝加哥22个区中两个区查获的非法枪支数量比同期纽约市查获的全部非法枪支数量还多。

　　《芝加哥论坛报》(Chicago Tribune)报道，今年1月是2002年以来芝加哥市死亡人数最多的一个月，而2012年是该市自2008年以来凶杀案数量最多的一年。

【双语阅读】美国芝加哥15岁少女遭枪杀 中文翻译部分

　　Slaying Fuels Anger In Chicago

　　The seemingly random killing of a 15-year-old girl who performed last week as a majorette at President Barack Obama&aposs second inauguration is crystallizing anger over this city&aposs high murder rate.

　　The slaying of Hadiya Pendleton, as she stood with friends Tuesday afternoon in a park, came on a day that saw the city&aposs 40th, 41st and 42nd murders of the year, according to police. It continued an uptick in homicides that began last year when more than 500 people were killed. The majority were gang-related shootings on the city&aposs troubled south and west sides.

　　On Wednesday, Ms. Pendleton&aposs death was raised at a White House news briing and became the subject of a news conference with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who called the sophomore honor student &aposwhat is best in our city.&apos

　　Chicago Police have struggled to overcome what they say is an entrenched code of silence that they blame for the low homicide-clearance rate. Mr. Emanuel said: &aposIf anybody has any information, you are not a snitch, you&aposre a citizen. You&aposre a good citizen in good standing if you help.&apos

　　Tuesday afternoon topped 60 degrees, and Miss Pendleton was with about a dozen friends from her volleyball team at a park when rain forced them under a canopy, said Chicago Police spokesman Joshua Purkiss.

　　Then a man with a gun jumped a fence surrounding the park and ran at them firing. The group scrambled to get away, and Miss Pendleton─who police say wasn&apost affiliated with a gang─was shot once in the back and killed, Mr. Purkiss said.

　　&aposThe area is a hangout for gang members and it is believed the offender mistook the group for gang members and fired at them,&apos Mr. Purkiss said. &aposBy all indications [Miss Pendleton] was an unintended victim.&apos The shooter jumped in a car and drove away. There have been no arrests.

　　Semiautomatic weapons are banned in the city of Chicago, as are stores that sell guns. But guns are available in neighboring suburbs, and gun violence here goes hand in hand with the city&aposs gang culture and a membership police estimate at 100,000.

　　At a news conference Tuesday, Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said that through the first three weeks of January, officers in two of Chicago&aposs 22 districts seized more illegal guns than were collected in all of New York City in the same period.

　　This January has been the deadliest in the city since 2002, while 2012 saw the most murders since 2008, according to the Chicago Tribune.

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