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Five Separate Chicago Attacks Leave Two Dead and Three Wounded

Area detectives are treating the scenes as unrelated investigations with one suspect in custody and other scenes still under probe.

Overview

  • Police say five separate violent incidents across the city produced two fatalities and three injured victims who were taken to local hospitals.
  • A 19-year-old was cut on the Chicago Riverwalk and taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition after the attacker fled.
  • Officers found an unidentified man on the 7300 block of South Racine with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition and later died.
  • A 72-year-old man was stabbed in the neck on the 6200 block of South Laflin in an argument; a 38-year-old suspect was arrested and charges are pending after the victim later died at the hospital.
  • Two other shootings left a 27-year-old with a hand wound and a 30-year-old with a leg wound; detectives continue to investigate each scene and no additional arrests have been reported.