2 men killed in separate shootings on South Side
The shootings happened between 9 and 11 p.m. Tuesday in the South Shore and Auburn Gresham neighborhoods.
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The shootings happened between 9 and 11 p.m. Tuesday in the South Shore and Auburn Gresham neighborhoods.
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Police arrived at 21st and Michigan Avenue around 11:15 Saturday night to find more than three dozen shell casings.
Police arrived at 21st and Michigan Avenue around 11:15 Saturday night to find more than three dozen shell casings.
Chicago police said around 5:19 a.m., the men, 29, 31, and 51, were in the 700 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue when an SUV approached and someone inside started shooting.
According to an alert from UChicago Medicine, the victims were found on the sidewalk suffering from gunshot wounds.
Police have confirmed there was a shooting and an investigation is underway.
Chicago police said that just before 3:30 a.m., a group of people were gathered on the street in the 3700 block of South State Street in the Park Boulevard neighborhood when a white truck approached.
Chicago police say the pair were walking on the sidewalk when a white SUV approached, and someone from inside fired shots in their direction.
The two victims were walking on the sidewalk when a white SUV approached and someone from inside fired shots in their direction, according to police.
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Both men, 32 and 35, were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition.
The victims were in an alley behind the 8900 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue when someone shot them both, police said.
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People ran out of their homes into the cold overnight Tuesday into Wednesday after a fire broke out in an apartment building in Woodridge.
The19-year-old man accused in the deadly stabbing of a pregnant woman inside her Downer's Grove apartment is expected in court on Wednesday.
Meteorologist Laura Bannon has the extended forecast.
The19-year-old man accused in the deadly stabbing of a pregnant woman inside her Downer's Grove apartment is expected in court on Wednesday.
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