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Off-duty Dolton cop shot in Chatham; 11 shot Sunday in Chicago | April 23, 2018

By Jordan Owen

Tyler Lariviere/ Sun-Times

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

A Dolton Police Department detective was shot early Monday during an attempted robbery in the South Side Chatham neighborhood.

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Also early Monday, another man was shot and critically wounded in the West Side Humboldt Park neighborhood.
On Sunday, one person was killed and at least ten others were wounded in shootings across the city.
About 5:45 p.m. Sunday, a man was stabbed and critically wounded in Uptown. A person of interest was being questioned.
On Sunday afternoon, a brush fire spread through junkyard piles, a field and a building in south suburban Harvey.

Firefighters battled a fire in the 15200 block of Commercial Avenue in Harvey | Justin Jackson/Sun-Times

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