Plus, Louisiana teen charged with child pornography for sexting white minor who sexted him first and a Colorado woman given 100-year sentence for cutting a baby out of a stranger's body.

The Michigan Attorney General says this is just the beginning and that more charges are to come.

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Jeff Asher, a crime analyst and contributor to FiveThirtyEight.com, joined Roland Martin on Wednesday's edition of NewsOne Now to discuss Chicago's spike in crime.

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There is no evidence that the gun was fired, police said. They released information about the finding Tuesday after an attorney for the man accused of shooting Smith hinted that a second gun at the scene made his client fear for his life.

Plus, college student finds racist messages on bananas in her dorm kitchen and Bethenny Frankel offends Black female leaders at NYC event.

A 30-year law against repeat offenders in Louisiana can land one man life in prison.

Gregory Alfred, 25, was arrested in New Jersey in connection with the March 10 slashing of 53-year-old Janina Popko in Ditmas Park. Popko was cut in the neck by Alfred, who was actively hoping to harm White people because they prevent him from "freely smoking marijuana."

In 2005, David Wilson was also found guilty of raping a child and served four years in prison.

The mass shooting that left six dead in Pittsburgh, Pa. Wednesday has been deemed a "calculated, brutal" operation by the Allegheny district attorney.

Veteran San Antonio police officer John Lee is expected to be terminated for shooting and killing an unarmed Black man last month.