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Chicago After Dark: Man shot while robbing driver, NW Side crash | Jan. 4, 2018

By Jordan Owen

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

A man shot himself while attempting to rob his rideshare driver early Thursday in the South Side Park Manor neighborhood.

Officers guard a Lfyt driver’s car early Thursday after a suspect attempted to rob him in the Park Manor neighborhood. Justin Jackson/Chicago Sun- Times — Police guard a rideshare driver’s car after a suspect attempted to rob the driver of their car. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

Two people were critically injured when a car slammed into a tree late Wednesday in the Jefferson Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.

Two people were in critical condition late Wednesday after being extricated from a Chrysler PT Cruiser that crashed in the 6100 block of West Higgins. Justin Jackson/Chicago Sun-Times — Two people were in critical condition late Wednesday after being extricated from a Chrysler PT Cruiser that crashed in the 6100 block of West Higgins. | Justin Jackson/Chicago Sun-Times

A man was arrested Wednesday night after attempting to steal money from a woman’s purse on a Red Line train in the South Loop.

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