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Chicago After Dark: Woman beaten, carjacked; South Side fire | Feb. 15, 2018

By Jordan Owen

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

A woman was beaten, robbed and carjacked early Thursday in the South Side Park Manor neighborhood.
A man was wounded late Wednesday night in a shooting in the West Side Austin neighborhood.
A 1-year-old boy was among two people rescued when a fire broke out Wednesday night in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.

An extinguished fire at the 5200 block of South Damen. | Chicago Fire Department

A man was shot while driving Wednesday evening in the Southwest Side Lawndale neighborhood.
Also Wednesday night, a pedestrian was fatally struck by a Milwaukee District West Metra express train in the Northwest Side Galewood neighborhood.

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