Over 700 crosses were erected and carried along Michigan Avenue on Dec. 31, 2016 — one for each person killed in 2016 in Chicago. Greg Zanis, of Aurora, constructed the crosses with the help of volunteers and distributed them to families of the victims.

Image: Residents And Activists Hold Anti-Violence March After Deadly Year In Chicago Residents, activists, and friends and family members of victims of gun violence march down Michigan Avenue carrying nearly 800 wooden crosses bearing the names of ...

Hundreds of people carrying crosses for each person slain in Chicago this year have marched quietly along Michigan Ave. (WLS). WLS. By Evelyn Holmes. Saturday, December 31, 2016 06:43PM. CHICAGO (WLS) --. Nearly one-thousand people marched ...

Residents, activists, and friends and family members of homicide victims march on Saturday down Michigan Avenue in Chicago ... More than 760 people were killed in Chicago in 2016, up from 468 homicides last year. Scott Olson/Getty Images … Women ...

CHICAGO -- Chicago is finishing 2016 with a dubious milestone: this year the city has logged more homicides than any other major American city. Advocates and activists joined family and friends Saturday to honor the survivors and victims of Chicago's ...

The Reverend Jesse Jackson (C) and Father Michael Pfleger (R) lead a march on December 31, 2016, to protest the 57 percent increase in gun violence on Chicago streets. In 2016 more than 4,000 people were shot, leading to over 770 homicides in the city.

Father Michael Pfleger led hundreds on a march down the Magnificent Mile, carrying crosses for all those killed by Chicago violence in 2016 and to call for an end to violence in 2017, Saturday morning, Dec. 31, 2016. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times. Sam Charles.

Residents, activists, and friends and family members of victims of gun violence march down Chicago's Michigan Avenue carrying nearly 800 wooden crosses bearing the names of people murdered during 2016 in the city on December 31, 2016. Hundreds of ...

Hundreds of people spent Saturday afternoon taking a stand against the violence that has plagued Chicago this year. They gathered together on Michigan Avenue to protest the violence, carrying crosses made for each victim of 2016 -- more than 800.

CHICAGO (CBS) – A memorial march took place Saturday afternoon on Michigan Avenue as those touched by violence and others carried crosses representing Chicago murder victims. On the crosses were the names of nearly 800 people lost to street ...

Greg Zanis kept a meticulous ledger of all the shooting victims killed in Chicago this year. He wrote down their names, ages and the day they died. When the retired Aurora carpenter finished building a wooden cross for each one, he highlighted the name ...

Nearly 800 people have been murdered in the city this year and more than 4000 shot as the city copes with its most violent year in two decades. Cross. Scott Olson,Getty Images. Erich Lewis sits next to a cross bearing the name of his friend before the ...

It's a vigil for the murdered as Campbell's atop hundreds of crosses stand as symbols of those claimed by Chicago's gun violence. There's one for Vincent idealist 23 year old son but since day we're from loans have and there are days. That protect wake ...

The numbers of shootings and deaths related to gun violence are breaking hearts across the city as police search for a way to end it. (WLS). WLS. Friday, December 30, 2016 05:36PM. AURORA, Ill. (WLS) --. The numbers of shootings and deaths related to ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago will end 2016 with nearly 800 murders, a level of bloodshed not seen in two decades, as city leaders struggle to find a solution to the surge in gun violence this year. As of Thursday morning, there had been at least 768 ...