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2 men hurt, 1 critically in drive-by shooting in Austin neighborhood
Chicago police said the men, 40 and 24, were outside when they were both shot at by someone traveling in a vehicle.
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Chicago police said the men, 40 and 24, were outside when they were both shot at by someone traveling in a vehicle.
The two men, 40 and 24, were outside when they were both shot at by someone traveling in a vehicle, police said.
Chicago police said just before 11 p.m., a man, 46, and a woman, 39, were fighting in the 5400 block of West Congress Parkway in the Austin neighborhood when two other men approached and battered the man.
The man was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died.
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