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Crane High School Violence Leads To Rally Saturday

CHICAGO (CBS) ― An anti-violence rally took on new meaning Saturday after a deadly shooting outside a West Side high school. Police are still searching for a person of interest in the killing of a student outside Crane High School after classes Friday.

Saturday, the mayor, police superintendent and Chicago Public School CEO gathered to call for an end to violence, as CBS 2'S Rafael Romo reports.

There's a picture outside a gun violence rally Saturday that reads: "This man tried to shoot my momma," while another picture simply says: "Stop Shooting."

The images were drawn by children at Paul Revere Public School in the Grand Crossing neighborhood.

"We as a community, especially the Black and Hispanic community, we need to take back our communities," said Annette Holt, mother of a shooting victim. "We can't depend on the police to have the answers to it all -- or the mayors."

Students, parents, teachers, and elected officials attended the rally at Revere School where Mayor Richard Daley passionately spoke against gun violence.

"This is all about someone's child," Daley said. "This is all about a son or daughter. These young people who are getting shot or getting killed is a disgrace to humanity."

Eighteen-year-old Ruben Ivy was shot and killed Friday on the front steps of Crane High School on the West Side.

"Yesterday's tragedy at Crane High School is a stark reminder we've got to take guns off the street," said Chicago Police Dept. Supt. Jody Weis. "We've got to work harder for that. We've got to continue to keep the pressure on."

Twenty-four public school students were shot and killed last year. The number so far this year is 16. The mother of one of those victims says the time to act is now.

"Our children should not talk about our goal is to go to the store. That breaks my heart. We have far too many children talking about 'if I grow up,' not 'when I grow up,'" said CPS CEO Arne Duncan.

Police are reviewing surveillance video from a police camera located just a block away from Crane High School. Weis says they have also received several leads that may help investigators find the shooter.

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