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Youngest victim of last weekend's Chicago violence had been a freshman at school where loss is nearly constant. 'My students are brave warriors'

CHICAGO - Frank Looney was named after his father, and the two were so close that they shared the same nickname too: Frank Nitty.

"He wanted to be like his pops," the elder Looney said. "We laughed every day, everything he said was funny."

The 16-year-old had just moved in with his dad and appeared to be headed down the right path, "checking the boxes" and starting at a new high school. When the boy

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