Thief Stabs And Throws Lottery Machine At 7-Eleven Clerk In The Loop
A 7-Eleven clerk was stabbed outside a Loop convenience store early Monday, after a thief caught in the act threw a Lottery machine at him, police said.
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A 7-Eleven clerk was stabbed outside a Loop convenience store early Monday, after a thief caught in the act threw a Lottery machine at him, police said.
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Chicago police early Tuesday were searching for the attacker who stabbed two people on a CTA Red Line station platform on the city’s South Side.
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