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Chicago After Dark: 9 shot Monday, fatal Evanston fire | Jan. 23, 2018

By Jordan Owen

Welcome to the brand-new morning article #afterdark, a roundup of crime (and more) happenings from around Chicago overnight.

Two people were killed and seven others wounded in shootings across Chicago on Monday, including a 13-year-old girl wounded in a shooting in West Englewood and a man killed in a South Chicago shooting.

Officers investigate the scene where a girl was shot Monday evening in the 7400 block of Ashland. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

A 65-year-old man was killed in a house fire Tuesday morning in Evanston.
A person was critically injured in a crash on Lake Shore Drive on the South Side late Monday.

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