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Woman struck by bullet on LSD; body found in Lincoln Park lagoon | April 5, 2018

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A 26-year-old woman was a passenger in this white four-door car when someone in another vehicle fired shots at 2:04 a.m. on Lake Shore Drive. | Justin Jackson/Sun-Times

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

A man crashed his car into a house after someone fired shots at him at 12:53 a.m. in the 600 block of East 88th Street. | Justin Jackson/Sun-Times

A man crashed his car into a house after someone fired shots at him at 12:53 a.m. in the 600 block of East 88th Street. | Justin Jackson/Sun-Times

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