2 killed in house fire in Chicago's South Austin neighborhood
A 65-year-old man died at the scene. The second victim, an 88-year-old woman, was taken to West Suburban Hospital, where she died.
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A 65-year-old man died at the scene. The second victim, an 88-year-old woman, was taken to West Suburban Hospital, where she died.
A third person, a 62-year-old man, was able to escape the fire unharmed, police said.
Trenton Payne was last seen around 4 p.m. Thursday near Quincy Street and Laramie Avenue in the South Austin neighborhood.
He was last seen around 4 p.m. near Quincy Street and Laramie Avenue in the South Austin neighborhood.
Trenton Payne was last seen Thursday afternoon.
Groups working to combat violence said the incident has people fed up and concerned for their own safety. Tara Molina reports.
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The victim was taken to Mt Sinai Hospital in critical condition with multiple gunshots throughout the body and later died.
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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.
Chicago police said around 1 a.m., the victim was walking on the sidewalk in the 700 block of South Laramie Avenue when a black truck approached, and two people armed with handguns got out and demanded his belongings.
A fight ensued, and the victim was shot at multiple times by the would-be robbers, who then left the scene, police said.
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