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Indiana Pacers' Al Jefferson (7) passes against Chicago Bulls' Jerian Grant (2) and Cristiano Felicio during the second half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, in Chicago. Chicago won 90-85. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
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Indiana Pacers' Aaron Brooks (00) goes up for a shot against Chicago Bulls' Jerian Grant (2) and Cristiano Felicio (6) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, in Chicago. Chicago won 90-85. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
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Chicago Bulls' Jimmy Butler (21) goes up for a shot against Indiana Pacers' Al Jefferson (7) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, in Chicago. Chicago won 90-85. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
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Chicago Bulls' Dwyane Wade dunks during the final seconds of the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Indiana Pacers, Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, in Chicago. Chicago won 90-85. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
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FILE- This Jan. 6, 2014, file photo, shows a commuter train after it hit a "bumping post" at the end of the LaSalle Street station platform in Chicago. A similar system was in place on Sept. 29, 2016 when a New Jersey Transit Commuter train slammed into it, killing one person and injuring more than 100. Federal investigators are examining how the bumping post in Hoboken performed compared to one in the similar accident at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport in 2014, according to two people who were present at a briefing by investigators last month but weren’t authorized to speak about it publicly. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
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In this July 15, 2011, file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrives at the federal courthouse in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, July 19, 2016 file photo, Kavan Collins, 4, stands on his father's porch in Chicago. Collins was shot on June 28, 2016, while holding his mother's hand on the city's South Side. One of the bullets had struck him in his face, fracturing his jaw. With a spike in killings and shootings this year in Chicago, statistics show more bullets are hitting children. (AP Photo/Tae-Gyun Kim)
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FILE - In this Monday, May 30, 2016 file photo, police work at the scene where a man was fatally shot in the chest in Chicago's Washington Park neighborhood. The city recorded its first fatal gunshot victim just a few hours into 2016. Month after month, the numbers mounted. More than 100 homicides in January and February. Around Labor Day, another milestone: 500 deaths. By mid-December, Chicago had recorded about 740 homicides. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 5, 2016 file photo, a man holds a woman at the scene of a double shooting in Ogden Park in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. Thirteen people were shot to death over the Labor Day weekend in Chicago. (Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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In this Dec. 16, 2016 photo, Esperanza Villalobos, a "community navigator," works at her office at The Resurrection Project in Chicago. Villalobos helps immigrants who might need legal services to avoid deportation or learn about their legal rights. The organization she works for plans to hire more individuals like her after the city approved $1.3 million for a legal services fund for immigrants. Chicago is among several entities nationwide working to beef up legal services for immigrants. (AP Photo by Sophia Tareen)
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FILE - In this Oct 14, 2003, file photo, Steve Bartman catches a ball as Chicago Cubs left fielder Moises Alou's arm is seen reaching into the stands, at right, against the Florida Marlins in the eighth inning during Game 6 of the National League championship series Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003, at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Bartman's spokesman, Frank Murtha, tells USA Today that Bartman is overjoyed by the Cubs first World Series title since 1908, but won't attend the victory parade in Chicago on Nov. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2016 file photo, Chicago Cubs players gather around manager manager Joe Maddon on the mound at Wrigley Field as they prepare for Game 1 of the National League Division Series baseball game, in Chicago. Not since Oct. 10, 1945, has a World Series game been played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. As the World Series shifts to Chicago this weekend, all eyes are on the second-oldest ballpark in the major leagues. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2016, file photo, Chicago Cubs fans celebrate outside Wrigley Field after the Cubs defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-0 in Game 6 of baseball's National League Championship Series in Chicago. Not since Oct. 10, 1945, has a World Series game been played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. As the World Series shifts to Chicago this weekend, all eyes are on the second-oldest ballpark in the major leagues. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP File)
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Jacob Beckley, from Chicago, speaks to the media Thursday. Sept. 29, 2016, during a press conference held at the St. Joseph Junior Foundation Sailing School, in St. Joseph, Mich. Beckley plans to row across Lake Michigan from St. Joseph to Chicago this Sunday to raise awareness for childhood cancer research as part of Row For A Cure Lake Michigan 2016. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP)
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In this Sept. 7, 2016 photo, Monique Causey holds a portrait of her 14-year-old Malik, who was shot on Aug. 21, 2016, at her home in Chicago. August was the deadliest month for Chicago homicides in two decades, and an analysis of the toll shows more clearly than ever that the blame lies with surging violence in a handful of the city’s most impoverished neighborhoods riven by loosely organized street gangs. (AP Photo/Tae-Gyun Kim)
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Eric Johnson listens his attorney Marc Perlman speaking during a news conference in front of his childhood portrait and Father Bruce Wellems portrait at Perlman's office Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, in Chicago. A 51-year-old Colorado man who says he was sexually abused when he was at around 7 years old by a teenager who later became a prominent Roman Catholic priest known for his work with at-risk kids on Monday sued the Chicago-based religious order to which the priest belongs, seeking the release of all records related to allegations of abuse by any of its priests. (AP Photo/Tae-Gyun Kim)
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Illinois state senator and former NFL linebacker Napoleon Harris, left, fended off four attackers in Chicago on Sept. 6 and helped bring police come one step closer to solving a Georgia murder case. (CBS Chicago screenshot)
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Chicago Body Count Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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In this Aug. 7, 2016, photo, Chicago police investigate a scene in Chicago where gunfire at a birthday party left a man dead and a woman injured. The city's police department said Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, Chicago recorded 90 homicides in August, its highest monthly death toll in two decades. (Ashlee Rezin /Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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In this June 29, 2016, photo, 3-year-old, Devon Quinn, rests in his hospital bed after being shot while sitting in a car with his father on Father's Day after visiting relatives in Chicago. With a spike in killings and shootings this year in Chicago, statistics show more bullets are hitting children as they do normal kid things like play with sparklers, draw on the sidewalk or hold a mother’s hand. (Brian Jackson/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
