and critics say the clintons keep the media at arm s length, but using a rope to keep them away? really? let s talk in the cnn newsroom. good monday morning. i m ana cabrera in for carol costello. thanks so much for being with us. glad to have you here. and a string of violent shootings sweeping through the streets of chicago leaving seven people dead dozens more injured, and now this community is demanding answers after a 7-year-old boy was accidentally gunned down awaiting to watch fireworks. police say the bullet that struck and killed that little boy, amar e brown, was intended to target his father a ranking gang member with more than 40 arrests on his record. now, over the weekend police ramped up patrols. officials say since friday they have recovered one illegal gun every hour and the city s top cop now calling for a fix to
the, quote, broken system. we need some help here, folks. we have to fix this broken system. if you think putting more cops on the street would make a difference then take a look at the fact that we put a third more man power on the street for this weekend. what s the result? we re getting more guns. well that s great. it s not stopping the violence and it s not going to stop the violence until criminals are held accountable and something is done to stem the flow of these guns into our city. let s bring in cnn s ryan young from chicago. such a heartbreaking story here ryan. reporter: a heartbreaking story. people are still reacting to it. we just had a woman stop by our live shot. when we told her the numbers she had that reaction when is this going to stop? that s the question so many people are asking. we have to focus on the 7-year-old. amari brown. getting ready for the fireworks, but sadly and unfortunately he was shot in the chest and he was