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The South Suburban Emergency Response Team responded to reports of a man with a gun near 159th Street and Central Avenue in Oak Forest on Sunday afternoon. Police issued an all-clear after the man was found dead of a gunshot in a vehicle.
The 59-year-old man was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head about noon Friday inside a home in the 3900 block of West 104th Street, Chicago police said.
A Union Pacific Northwest outbound train No. 717 struck a car about 3:50 p.m. Saturday near Nagle and Avondale avenues. At least one person in the car died, authorities say.
A man and woman were arguing inside a home when the argument turned physical and the woman fired a gun, hitting Tarus Moore, 51, who was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died.
Chicago residents can drop off their live or natural trees at one of the city’s 27 locations starting Saturday until Jan. 25. All ornaments, lights or other decorations, as well as tree stands or plastic bags for transport must be removed before the tree is dropped off.
A semitruck driver struck the side of an ambulance at Ashland Avenue and 63rd Street about 11:20 a.m. Saturday. Three people were hospitalized in good condition.
The shooting happened about 1 a.m. Saturday in the northbound lanes near 53rd Street, according to Illinois State Police. No arrests were reported.
Nicholas Davine, 30, was on a sidewalk about 4 a.m. Saturday when someone fired shots, hitting him in the chest and back.
It comes after no children died of the seasonal flu during the 2023-24 season, which runs from September to May, according to the agency.
The fire erupted early Friday morning at a 2-story brick building at 5653 S. Kedzie and was extinguished in about 90 minutes, according to the Chicago Fire Department.