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Man and woman shot in South Chicago; missing 4-year-old found | May 10, 2018

By Jordan Owen

Two people were wounded in a shooting Wednesday night in the 8200 block of South Marquette Avenue | Justin Jackson/Sun-Times

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

Late Wednesday, a man and woman sitting in a parked vehicle were shot a few minutes before midnight in the South Chicago neighborhood.
An 18-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy were wounded in a shooting Wednesday night in the West Side Lawndale neighborhood. The man was shot four times in the upper body.

A 15-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man were wounded in a shooting Wednesday Night in the 3100 block of West Arthington. | Justin Jackson/Sun-Times

About 4:40 p.m. Wednesday, a 43-year-old man was shot during an attempted robbery in the South Chicago neighborhood.
Police have located a missing 4-year-old girl and the woman who they say kidnapped her Wednesday from the Lawndale neighborhood.

Authorities are looking for a 4-year-old girl who may have been abducted Wednesday from Lawndale. | Chicago Police

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