【雙語閱讀】美國芝加哥15歲少女遭槍殺.

　　Slaying Fuels Anger In Chicago

　　The seemingly random killing of a 15-year-old girl who performed last week as a majorette at President Barack Obama&aposs second inauguration is crystallizing anger over this city&aposs high murder rate.

　　The slaying of Hadiya Pendleton, as she stood with friends Tuesday afternoon in a park, came on a day that saw the city&aposs 40th, 41st and 42nd murders of the year, according to police. It continued an uptick in homicides that began last year when more than 500 people were killed. The majority were gang-related shootings on the city&aposs troubled south and west sides.

　　On Wednesday, Ms. Pendleton&aposs death was raised at a White House news briing and became the subject of a news conference with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who called the sophomore honor student &aposwhat is best in our city.&apos

　　Chicago Police have struggled to overcome what they say is an entrenched code of silence that they blame for the low homicide-clearance rate. Mr. Emanuel said: &aposIf anybody has any information, you are not a snitch, you&aposre a citizen. You&aposre a good citizen in good standing if you help.&apos

　　Tuesday afternoon topped 60 degrees, and Miss Pendleton was with about a dozen friends from her volleyball team at a park when rain forced them under a canopy, said Chicago Police spokesman Joshua Purkiss.

　　Then a man with a gun jumped a fence surrounding the park and ran at them firing. The group scrambled to get away, and Miss Pendleton─who police say wasn&apost affiliated with a gang─was shot once in the back and killed, Mr. Purkiss said.

　　&aposThe area is a hangout for gang members and it is believed the offender mistook the group for gang members and fired at them,&apos Mr. Purkiss said. &aposBy all indications [Miss Pendleton] was an unintended victim.&apos The shooter jumped in a car and drove away. There have been no arrests.

　　Semiautomatic weapons are banned in the city of Chicago, as are stores that sell guns. But guns are available in neighboring suburbs, and gun violence here goes hand in hand with the city&aposs gang culture and a membership police estimate at 100,000.

　　At a news conference Tuesday, Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said that through the first three weeks of January, officers in two of Chicago&aposs 22 districts seized more illegal guns than were collected in all of New York City in the same period.

　　This January has been the deadliest in the city since 2002, while 2012 saw the most murders since 2008, according to the Chicago Tribune.

　　【中文對照翻譯】

　　上周在奧巴馬(Barack Obama)連任美國總統(tǒng)的就職典禮上參加樂隊演出的15歲少女在芝加哥被槍殺，引發(fā)人們對該市高謀殺率的憤怒。這似乎是一起隨意性槍殺事件。

　　Associated Press周二，彭德爾頓在芝加哥一座公園與朋友們聊天時被射殺。警方表示，彭德爾頓(Hadiya Pendleton)周二下午與朋友一起站在公園里時被殺害，當(dāng)天還發(fā)生了該市這一年的第40、41和42起謀殺案。去年開始增加的兇殺案目前勢頭不減。去年有500多人因兇殺案遇害，其中大部分是與黑幫有關(guān)的槍擊事件，事發(fā)地點位于芝加哥市混亂的南面和西面。

　　周三，彭德爾頓死亡一事在白宮新聞發(fā)布會上被提起，也成為芝加哥市長伊曼紐爾(Rahm Emanuel)新聞發(fā)布會上的主題。伊曼紐爾稱這名高二的優(yōu)秀學(xué)生是“我市最出色的”。

　　芝加哥警方一直難以攻克他們所說的根深蒂固的緘默守則，警方認(rèn)為這是破案效率低下的原因。伊曼紐爾說：如果任何人掌握了什么消息，請記住你們不是告密者，你們是市民，如果你們提供幫助，你們就是信譽良好的優(yōu)秀市民。

　　Associated Press周三，彭德爾頓的父親(左)與家人擁抱在一起。芝加哥警察局發(fā)言人帕基斯(Joshua Purkiss)說，周二下午，芝加哥氣溫超過華氏60度，彭德爾頓本來是和排球隊的十幾個朋友在一起，后來因為躲雨站到一個棚子下。

　　然后，一名男子攜槍越過公園圍欄，向他們邊跑邊開槍。帕基斯說，人群四散逃開，彭德爾頓背部中槍身亡。警方說，彭德爾頓生前與黑幫并無往來。

　　帕基斯說，那個地方是黑幫成員的活動場所，據(jù)信是嫌疑人錯把他們當(dāng)成黑幫成員，所以向他們開槍。帕基斯說，無論從任何跡象來看，彭德爾頓的受害都不是蓄意事件。槍手隨后跳上一輛車，離開了現(xiàn)場。目前還沒有任何人被逮捕。

　　與槍支販賣商店一樣，芝加哥市也禁止使用半自動武器。但在市郊仍有槍支可售。芝加哥的槍支暴力與該市黑幫文化息息相關(guān)。警方估計，黑幫成員多達(dá)10萬人。

　　芝加哥警察局局長麥卡錫(Garry McCarthy)在周二的新聞發(fā)布會上說，今年1月前三周，警方在芝加哥22個區(qū)中兩個區(qū)查獲的非法槍支數(shù)量比同期紐約市查獲的全部非法槍支數(shù)量還多。

　　《芝加哥論壇報》(Chicago Tribune)報道，今年1月是2002年以來芝加哥市死亡人數(shù)最多的一個月，而2012年是該市自2008年以來兇殺案數(shù)量最多的一年。

　　Slaying Fuels Anger In Chicago

　　The seemingly random killing of a 15-year-old girl who performed last week as a majorette at President Barack Obama&aposs second inauguration is crystallizing anger over this city&aposs high murder rate.

　　The slaying of Hadiya Pendleton, as she stood with friends Tuesday afternoon in a park, came on a day that saw the city&aposs 40th, 41st and 42nd murders of the year, according to police. It continued an uptick in homicides that began last year when more than 500 people were killed. The majority were gang-related shootings on the city&aposs troubled south and west sides.

　　On Wednesday, Ms. Pendleton&aposs death was raised at a White House news briing and became the subject of a news conference with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who called the sophomore honor student &aposwhat is best in our city.&apos

　　Chicago Police have struggled to overcome what they say is an entrenched code of silence that they blame for the low homicide-clearance rate. Mr. Emanuel said: &aposIf anybody has any information, you are not a snitch, you&aposre a citizen. You&aposre a good citizen in good standing if you help.&apos

　　Tuesday afternoon topped 60 degrees, and Miss Pendleton was with about a dozen friends from her volleyball team at a park when rain forced them under a canopy, said Chicago Police spokesman Joshua Purkiss.

　　Then a man with a gun jumped a fence surrounding the park and ran at them firing. The group scrambled to get away, and Miss Pendleton─who police say wasn&apost affiliated with a gang─was shot once in the back and killed, Mr. Purkiss said.

　　&aposThe area is a hangout for gang members and it is believed the offender mistook the group for gang members and fired at them,&apos Mr. Purkiss said. &aposBy all indications [Miss Pendleton] was an unintended victim.&apos The shooter jumped in a car and drove away. There have been no arrests.

　　Semiautomatic weapons are banned in the city of Chicago, as are stores that sell guns. But guns are available in neighboring suburbs, and gun violence here goes hand in hand with the city&aposs gang culture and a membership police estimate at 100,000.

　　At a news conference Tuesday, Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said that through the first three weeks of January, officers in two of Chicago&aposs 22 districts seized more illegal guns than were collected in all of New York City in the same period.

　　This January has been the deadliest in the city since 2002, while 2012 saw the most murders since 2008, according to the Chicago Tribune.

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