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Chicago players acknowledge the crowd after the U.S. final of the Little League World Series, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014, in South Williamsport, Pa. Chicago defeated Las Vegas 7-5. (AP Photo/PennLive.com, Elizabeth Frantz)

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South Korea's Hae Chan Choi, left, celebrates with catcher Sang Hoon Han, center, and Shane Jaemin Kim (17) after getting the final out of a 8-4 win in the Little League World Series championship baseball game against Chicago in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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** FILE ** Chicago’s 110 story, 1,450 foot Willis Tower. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker speaks at the Republican National Committee summer meetings in Chicago, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Kamil Krzaczynski)

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** FILE ** Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker speaks at the Republican National Committee summer meetings in Chicago, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Kamil Krzaczynski)

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Minnesota Twins relief pitcher Casey Fien looks down after the Chicago White Sox scored two runs during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Friday, Aug. 1, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/David Banks)

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Chicago White Sox's Alexei Ramirez hits an RBI double against the Minnesota Twin during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Friday, Aug. 1, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/David Banks)

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Witnesses in a Chicago suburb say a police officer shot and killed 1-year-old shepherd-mix Apollo in front of his 6-year-old owner Friday afternoon. (NBC 5)

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U.S. Attorney Zachary Fardon declared in his first interview after taking over his job that "we are not going to arrest our way out of the gang problem in Chicago ... I do not believe federal law enforcement is the panacea" to gun violence.

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** FILE ** Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy. (Associated Press)

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In the crime-ridden Roseland neighborhood of Chicago's South SIde a teddy bear rests on a memorial with stones for each person 24 and under killed in shootings in the city since May, 2007. As of June 9, 2014 the memorial was full with 374 stones, with another 452 waiting for space. (Photo by Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor

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McDonald's West All-American Emmanuel Mudiay (0) shoots a layup during the first half of the McDonald's All-American boy's basketball game Wednesday, April 2, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Baseball fans watch a Chicago Cubs game from a rooftop across from Wrigley Field's right-field bleachers in Chicago on June 8, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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U.S. runner Bill Hillmann, 35, from Chicago, center left, falls seconds before a Victoriano del Rio ranch fighting bull gored him on his right leg during the running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) ** FILE **