Chicago records year's 500th homicide

The Chicago Tribune reports:

Chicago has hit a mark it would have preferred to miss: 500 homicides for 2008 with more than a week to go in the year.

Monique Bond, a Police Department spokeswoman, said the 500th slaying unofficially had been Monday night, but she wouldn't immediately identify the victim.

Gun control doesn't seem to be working in Chicago.No word yet from Mayor Daley on why Houston has a lower murder rate but an armed populace.