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Chicago After Dark: 2-year-old boy killed; Trump Tower threat | Feb. 22, 2018

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

The police cordoned off Avers Avenue between 27th and 28th streets to investigate the murder of a 2-year-old boy at the corner of 27th and Avers. | John Booz/For the Sun Times

The police cordoned off Avers Avenue between 27th and 28th streets to investigate the murder of a 2-year-old boy at the corner of 27th and Avers. | John Booz/For the Sun Times

The police cordoned off Avers Avenue between 27th and 28th streets to investigate the murder of a 2-year-old boy at the corner of 27th and Avers. | John Booz/For the Sun Times

The police cordoned off Avers Avenue between 27th and 28th streets to investigate the murder of a 2-year-old boy at the corner of 27th and Avers. | John Booz/For the Sun Times

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