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Man and woman found shot to death in Logan Square | April 16, 2018

By Jordan Owen

Chicago Police investigate two people shot dead in a home at Cortland and Lawndale about 4:45 a.m. Monday, April 16. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Welcome to our morning article rounding up crime (and more) happenings from around the Chicago overnight.

A man and woman were found shot to death early Monday in the Logan Square neighborhood.
About 7:20 p.m. Sunday, a 23-year-old man was shot while sitting in a vehicle in the Southwest Side Marquette Park neighborhood.
About 5 p.m. Sunday, an unidentified male was shot to death in Gary, Indiana.
About the same time, a Robbins man was killed when a Metra train struck his vehicle in south suburban Blue Island.
Just before 3 p.m. Sunday, a man was shot and seriously wounded while walking in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.
About 12:30 p.m. Sunday, four people were seriously injured in a crash on Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast neighborhood.

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