In Chicago hospital, damage -- and "collateral damage" -- of gang war never subsides

Violent crime in America has fallen for six straight years, with homicides last year down nearly 6 percent. But in Chicago, there have been 275 homicides this year, most of them gang related. The nation's third-largest city had 17 shootings this past weekend alone.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday announced a new attack on gangs, including a plan to board up or tear down the abandoned buildings they use to run their operations. But the violence continues to take it's toll, as CBS News learned from the front lines in a major hospital.

At the Cook County Trauma Center in Chicago's Stroger Hospital, one ambulance after another delivers victims of the gang violence that just won't stop.

The unit treats about 1,500 gunshots and stabbings a year.

"I heard like four or five (gunshots)," one patient tells a nurse.

In the first six months of this year, Chicago had 22 percent more murders that New York -- a city with 5.5 million more people.




Anthony Sedlak dies: Canadian celebrity chef's cause of death pending

 

Sadly, Anthony Sedlak has died at 29. The Food Network Canadian celebrity chef of "The Main" is dead after collapsing in his apartment. According to family members, he passed away from an "undiagnosed medical condition" Friday. Monday, the Washington Post reported that Sedlak was found dead on July 6 in his North Vancouver apartment. While Anthony Sedlak's cause of death has not been released, it is worrisome to know that the popular cooking show judge and celebrity chef died at such an early age.