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Article: Killing points up crime on homeless // `It's dangerous,' says counselor after arrow death
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- September 21, 1987
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An arrow in the chest is a bizarre way to die. But to those who
work with the homeless, the murder of a transient living on Lower
Wacker Drive was no surprise.
"It simply underscores the fact that it's dangerous out there,"
said Prem Lalvani, who counsels street people who have been injured.
It's part of his job as social worker supervisor at the Cook County
Hospital emergency room.
Whether it is "homeless on homeless" crime or advantaged people
picking on the unfortunate, many homeless advocates believe crime
against street people is on the rise.
"Violence is a way of life for the homeless," said Lalvani,
following the murder of Gaylord Tolbert, 27, identified Sunday as the
man ...