There's no denying it – Chicago became one of America's deadliest cities this year.
The city is on track to record more than 433 homicides — the total for all of 2011, The Associated Press reported Wednesday.
Currently, the Windy City has recorded about 100 more homicides than New York City and 200 more than L.A.
This interactive map by The Chicago Sun-Times is a pretty graphic, and shocking, display of all the shootings that have ravaged Chicago this year.
For the following slideshow, we focused on the shootings that happened this summer.
We've compiled accounts of some of the most horrifying crimes that have gripped the city so far this year.
All intersections and locations are approximate.
JUNE 17: A man shot three people sitting on a porch in the 2300 block of North Laramie Avenue.
Source: Chicago Sun-Times and CBS Chicago
JUNE 24: Hansen Jackson was shot in the chest in the 3700 block of West Chicago Avenue.
Source: Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Sun-Times
JULY 1: A 19-year-old man was shot to death in a vacant lot in the 4100 block of West Van Buren Street.
Source: Chicago Sun-Times and ABC 7 News
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