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Radio Extra: Shooting Just Steps From LP Alderman's Home Shakes Neighbors

October 22, 2014 2:05pm | Updated October 22, 2014 2:05pm
An officer in a squad car patrols the area near where a man was shot in the 1600 block of N. Vine Street Tuesday afternoon.
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DNAinfo/Paul Biasco

LINCOLN PARK — A Monday afternoon shooting just steps from Ald. Michele Smith's (43rd) home is renewing neighbors' call for more police in the area. 

But that's unlikely, as the city's budget director said police staffing would remain at the same level in the 2015 budget. 

While Ald. Smith didn't witness the shooting, one of her colleagues was exposed to violence first-hand earlier this year. Ald. Joe Moore was a block away from a deadly Rogers Park shooting in July that killed 28-year-old William Lewis. 

On today's DNAinfo Radio Extra, Paul Biasco discusses what neighbors want in the wake of Monday's shooting, and the chances that their requests will be met:

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