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Man charged with attempted murder in Englewood shooting

Dimarko Jones was arrested about 8:15 a.m. Thursday in the 10300 block of South Doty Avenue.

By Sun-Times Wire

Three people were hurt in a shooting July 1, 2022, in Chinatown. — A 33-year-old man was charged with attempted murder in connection with a Sept. 23, 2020, shooting in Englewood.

A 33-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder in connection with a shooting in September in Englewood, according to Chicago police.

About 2:45 a.m. Sept. 23, a 32-year-old man was found in the hallway of an apartment building in the 7300 block of South Yale Avenue, with a gunshot wound to his abdomen, police said.

He was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition, police said.

Dimarko Jones was arrested about 8:15 a.m. Thursday in the 10300 block of South Doty Avenue, after being positively identified as the person who allegedly fired shots at the man, police said.

Dimarko Jones

He is due in bond court Saturday.

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