Chicago After Dark: Uber passenger fatally shot; Austin stabbing | Feb. 19, 2018

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

• Five people have been killed and at least 21 others wounded in shootings across the city over President’s Day weekend.

• An Uber passenger was killed when he was shot in the head and neck early Monday in the Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side.

• About two and a half hours later, another male was shot and killed in the West Side Lawndale neighborhood.

• A man lied to police about a self-inflicted head injury, claiming he was the victim of an armed robbery Sunday night in the Portage Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
• A man was stabbed in the arm Sunday evening in the West Side Austin neighborhood.

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