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Chicago After Dark: Car struck by shot on Kennedy; SWAT called | Jan. 17, 2018

By Jordan Owen

Welcome to the brand-new morning article #afterdark, a roundup of crime (and more) happenings from around Chicago overnight.

The last time a person was shot in Chicago was Tuesday evening in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.
A car was also struck by gunfire late Tuesday on the Kennedy Expressway on the North Side, but no one was injured.
A SWAT team was called Tuesday evening in for an intoxicated man who barricaded himself inside an Englewood neighborhood home on the South Side.

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