Welcome to the brand-new morning article #afterdark, a roundup of crime (and more) happenings from around Chicago overnight.
- A man was shot in an alley about 5 a.m. Wednesday in the West Side Austin neighborhood. See video from the crime scene here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9E9EhsSssA&feature=youtu.be
- About 15 minutes earlier, a man was shot while driving near the Cook County Jail in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
Police investigate a car outside the Cook County Jail after a man was shot while driving a few blocks away in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side. | Tyler Lariviere/Sun-Times
- On Tuesday evening, an 18-year-old man was fatally shot in a vehicle in the West Side Humboldt Park neighborhood. He got out of the vehicle and stumbled to the ground, then was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
- Also in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, firefighters responded to a blaze about 2:15 a.m. Wednesday at Roberto Clemente High School. No injuries were reported.
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