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Chicago After Dark: 2 men shot in Old Town; Loop stabbing| Feb. 28, 2018

By Jordan Owen

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

Two men were critically wounded in a shooting Tuesday night in the Old Town neighborhood on the Near North Side.

Officers respond to a shooting Tuesday night in the Old Town neighborhood that left two men critically wounded. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

A 20-year-old man was stabbed at a party early Wednesday in the Douglas Park neighborhood on the West Side.
A 39-year-old man was stabbed by someone he knew during a fight early Wednesday in the the Loop.

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