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Man wounded in Far South Side shooting
Tribune reporterA man was wounded this afternoon in a shooting on the Far South Side in the city's Longwood Manor neighborhood, police said. Shortly before 1:30 p.m., a man, believed to be in his 60s, suffered a gunshot wound to his shoulder, said Chicago Police...Tags: Shootings, Chicago Police Department
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4-year-old survives 2-story fall from window
A 4-year-old boy fell from a second-story window of his family's North Lawndale neighborhood apartment Saturday, narrowly missing a spiked metal gate in front of the entrance, authorities said. The boy apparently fell while jumping on the couch near an...Tags: North Lawndale, Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois)
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Boy injured in fall from 2nd floor window on West Side
Tribune reporterA 4-year-old boy fell from a second-story window in his family’s North Lawndale neighborhood apartment Saturday and narrowly missed a spiked metal gate in front of the entrance, authorities said. The boy had apparently been jumping on the couch...Tags: North Lawndale, Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois)
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Chicago Overnight Report
A wrap-up of news from the Tribune's breaking news desk. • One person was killed and four others were hospitalized following a 2-car crash in the Washington Heights neighborhood on the Far South Side, according to the Chicago Fire Department and...
Tags: Washington Heights (Chicago, Illinois), Little Village
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Man struck, killed by Orange Line train
Part of the CTA's Orange Line on the Southwest Side was shut down this afternoon after a man was run over and killed by a train, authorities said. The CTA received reports of a person who made contact with a northbound train north of the Orange Line's...
Tags: Chicago Transit Authority
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In plea deal, man gets 145 days in South Side teen's killing
A Chicago man has admitted to killing a Beverly neighborhood teenager by punching him in the head on July 4, 2011, and will serve 145 days in jail, a prosecutor said today. James Malecek, who was 19 at the time of the killing, admitted in pleading...
Tags: Prosecution, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Punishment
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Near North elevator malfunction sends 4 to hospitals
Tribune reporterAn elevator malfunction in a Near North building sent four people to the hospital, officials said. The malfunction happened at 3 p.m. in a building at 60 E. Delaware St. in the Near North neighborhood, according to Chicago Fire Department officials....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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2 dead, 11 wounded in shootings across Chicago
Tribune reportersTwo men were killed and at least 11 people were wounded -- one of them by police -- in shootings from Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning across Chicago, police said. One of the fatal shootings occurred around 12:40 a.m. when a gunman emerged...Tags: South Chicago, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Oak Lawn, Hospitals and Clinics, University of Chicago
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Firefighters union wary of expanded school security role
With city officials calling on firefighters to help monitor students displaced by school closings as they travel to their new schools, the firefighters union has raised concerns that its members could be caught in the middle of street violence without...
Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Chicago Public Schools
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Bank robbery suspects hospitalized after crash
Tribune reporterTwo suspects in a recent bank robbery were injured in a car crash on the Near West Side today, authorities said. At 2:40 p.m., paramedics were called to Ogden Avenue and Madison Street and took two people in good condition to Rush University Medical...Tags: FBI, Rush University Medical Center, Near West Side, Bank Robbery, Theft
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Teen dies day after being shot
Tribune reporterAn 18-year-old man who was on life support after being shot Sunday afternoon has died from his injuries, officials said. Keith G. Spencer, of the 8100 block of South Damen, was pronounced dead today at Advocate Christ Medical Center, according to the...Tags: Shootings, Gresham, Hospitals and Clinics
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Man charged after attic full of pot plants catches fire
Tribune reporterA Chicago man has been charged with running an "extensive cannabis growing operation" out of his Far South Side home which was discovered when Chicago firefighters responded to a fire in the attic this morning. "What they discovered was what looked like...Tags: Drug Trafficking
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