so violent crime in major cities is completely out of control. thousands are dying. dying this weekendld in chicago, for example, an eight year old girl waser murdered. there s a local news reportne telling what happened. eight year old melissa ortega b dead after being struckor by stray gunfire. accordingdi to police. witnesses say her mom was seen covered in blood outside fifth third bank along was twenty six . street detectives say the offenders were dropped off to the area and confronted a twenty six year old man as he was walking out of the store. s the manho was shot in the lower back . bullets also struck this hondahi odyssey shatterings the rear windshield glass, according to detectives. another eight year old girl was inside at the time, fortunately unharmed. at least five kids underha the age of 18 have been shot c and killed here in chicago so far this year. but it s not just chicago, it s nationwide. ten of this country s biggestet cities have set all time homicide re
in the weeks leading up to new year s eve, the nypd responds to an uptick in calls to their terrorism hotline. and today, i m riding with the leads unit, a network of street detectives to follow those tips wherever it takes them. whether a serious threat or forgotten backpack, it s up to this officer to chase them down. how many cases do you investigate per year? about 800 this year alone. that sounds like a pretty high number. more than last year and growing each year. we re headed uptown where leads are following a threat
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raise my eyebrows. it s been too long. seen too much. where did you find that? in a male inmate s cell. there s no such thing as crazy in prison. you know, i don t know, maybe you got to be crazy to work here, i m not sure. we come here voluntarily every day. since the 2000 riot, the level of violence at pelican bay has dropped considerably, but numerous assaults still occur. when they do, the squad must respond like street detectives, carrying all the tools necessary to process the crime scene. when we last visited the prison, our cameras were rolling as one of these assaults occurred inside a cell block. there s an alarm in that building right there. a3. staff responds. so this is an actual alarm because nobody s waving us off yet. something is going on inside of the building.
you know, i don t know, we may be crazy to work here, i m not sure. we come here voluntarily every day. since the 2000 riot, the level of violence at pelican bay has dropped considerably, but numerous assaults still occur. when they do, the squad must respond like street detectives, carrying all the tools necessary to process the crime scene. when we last visited the prison, our cameras were rolling as one of these assaults occurred inside a cell block. there s an alarm in that building right there, a-3. staff responds. so this is an actual alarm because nobody s waving us off yet. something is going on inside of the building. now someone is being escorted out of the building, cuffed up. in all probability, he was