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Excessive heat wave continues, 14-year-old boy shot to death | July 1, 2018

By Madeline Kenney

Welcome to our morning article rounding up crime and news that broke overnight from around the Chicago area.

An excessive heat warning for Chicago remains in effect through Sunday evening, when a cool front is expected to usher in lows around 70 degrees.
Gun violence Saturday killed two people, including a 14-year-old boy, and wounded seven other people across Chicago.
Gun violence continued to decline in June, marking the 16th consecutive month of falling violence in the city, according to the Chicago Police Department.
A 32-year-old man was driving in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the South Side when someone shot him several times in his legs, Chicago Police said.
A woman and man were shot early Sunday in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
A 24-year-old man was walking down the street when a dark-colored Chevrolet Cruze drove by and someone inside fired shots in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side, according to Chicago Police.

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