Welcome to our morning article rounding up crime (and more) happenings from around Chicago overnight.
- An Amber Alert has been issued for a 3-year-old boy and a 2-year-old girl who are believed to be in danger after they were taken by their father, who is a person of interest in a fatal south suburban Markham shooting, according to authorities.
An Amber Alert was issued Wednesday night for two Markham girls believed to be with their father. | Illinois State Police
- An 18-year-old man was wounded in a drive-by shooting Wednesday night in the Rogers Park neighborhood on the North Side.
- A few hours earlier, a man was shot in the leg in the West Side Austin neighborhood.
- About half an hour before the Austin shooting, a 20-year-old man was wounded in a shooting in the South Side Chatham neighborhood.
- Earlier Wednesday afternoon, a man was shot inside a home in the South Side Englewood neighborhood.
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