
2 men killed in South Side Chicago shooting
The double homicide happened in a residential building on Wabash Avenue in the Washington Park neighborhood.
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The double homicide happened in a residential building on Wabash Avenue in the Washington Park neighborhood.
The victims were in a home in the 5300 block of South Wabash Avenue when they were shot multiple times in their bodies.
Surveillance video shows an off-duty officer notice someone approaching and pointing a gun in their direction near 57th Street and Michigan Avenue.
Surveillance video shows an off-duty officer notice someone approaching and pointing a gun in their direction. The officer is seen pulling their service weapon, and an exchange of gunfire followed.
Chicago police said that just before 2 a.m., the officer was confronted by an armed person in the 100 block of East 57th Street, and the two exchanged gunfire.
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Sources say just after 7 p.m., someone went up to an off-duty officer from the Lyons Village Police Department and started shooting. The sergeant fired back.
During the shootout, the gunman and a woman were shot, but it is not clear whose bullet hit the woman.
Sources say just after 7 p.m., someone went up to an off-duty officer from the Lyons Village Police Department and started shooting. The sergeant fired back. During the shootout, the gunman and a woman were shot, but it is not clear whose bullet hit the woman.
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