Chicago averaged nearly a murder per day in the first month of the new year.
Police reported 28 murders in January 2015, a 40 percent increase compared with a year ago when the city had the fewest January murders since 1964.
While January slayings were up compared to last year, they were significantly down compared to the 40 killings in 2013 and the 38 in 2012, according to police data.
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