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Chicago After Dark: Man assaulted in Loop; Logan Square shooting | March 6, 2018

By Jordan Owen

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

A man was shot in the back while taking out his trash early Tuesday in the Northwest Side Logan Square neighborhood.

The scene of a shooting early Tuesday in the 1700 block of North Talman. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times.

A 70-year-old man was assaulted and robbed while waiting for a CTA Blue line train early Tuesday in The Loop.
Also early Tuesday, a Chicago Police officer was dragged behind a vehicle after pulling someone over in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
On Monday night, a delivery driver was struck in the head by a hammer by a female during a robbery in the Northwest Side Albany Park neighborhood.
Earlier Monday night, a man was shot while cutting hair at an apartment in the South Side Woodlawn neighborhood.
A person of interest was being questioned by authorities Monday evening in connection with a shooting at a South Loop parking garage.

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