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4 killed in overnight shootings | May 18, 2018

By  Alice Bazerghi
   
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Police investigate a shooting about 10:30 p.m. Thursday, May 17, 2018 in the 11500 block of Ashland Avenue in Chicago. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

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

  • Three people were killed and at least eight others were wounded in gun violence across Chicago on Thursday.
Police investigate a shooting about 10:30 p.m. Thursday, May 17, 2018 in the 11500 block of Ashland Avenue in Chicago. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

Police investigate a shooting about 10:30 p.m. Thursday, May 17, 2018 in the 11500 block of Ashland Avenue in Chicago. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

  • At 1:25 a.m., a 22-year-old man was shot in both of his legs in the West Lawn neighborhood.
  • About 30 minutes later, a man was shot to death in the Bronzeville neighborhood.

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