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Officer shoots man; other hurt in apparent accidental shooting | July 3, 2018

By Madeline Kenney

Police investigate an officer-involved shooting Monday night in the 2300 block of East 79th Street. | Tyler LaRiviere / Sun-Times

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

A Chicago Police officer shot and seriously wounded a person who pointed a gun at him Monday night in the South Shore neighborhood.

A man was wounded in an apparent accidental shooting Monday night in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
A man was arrested Monday for allegedly molesting two girls in Mount Vernon, Indiana.
One person was killed and one person was wounded between about 5 a.m. and 11 p.m. Monday in shootings on the South Side.
A 68-year-old woman was shot Monday night in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
A federal judge ruled Friday that a ballplayer’s negligence lawsuit against the White Sox and the state agency that manages Guaranteed Rate Field can proceed in Cook County Circuit Court.

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