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YouTube screenshot of Adam Toledo police shooting bodycam footage.
Thirteen-year-old Adam Toledo didn’t deserve to die. He didn’t deserve to die for violating curfew. He didn’t deserve to die for unlawfully discharging a weapon. He didn’t deserve to die for being in possession of a handgun. He didn’t deserve to die because he was a black kid in a high-crime area. He didn’t deserve to die for running away when police ordered him to stop. He didn’t even deserve to die for having a gun in his hand and running away from the police. Police are trained to handle situations like this without killing someone.
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Man shot in a car in Wentworth Gardens
By Sun-Times Media Wire
The man was shot in the back and taken to Stroger Hospital, police said.
Area One detectives are investigating.
Carjackers drive off with two small children in the car
Carjackers stole a car in Chicago on Saturday with two small children in the back seat. Luckily, those little kids were found safe and sound a few blocks away.
Sun-Times file photo
Eight people were shot, one fatally, Thursday in Chicago, including a man killed in Austin on the West Side.
The man, 28, was found unresponsive about 8:15 p.m. on the street in the 200 block of North Leclaire Avenue, Chicago police said. He suffered a gunshot wound to his chest and was taken to Loretto Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified him as Rasaan A. Mack, a resident of Garfield Park.
In non-fatal shootings, a 40-year-old man was wounded on the Near West Side.
The man was shot in the leg about 6 p.m. as he walked down the street in the 1300 block of West 13th Street, police said. He was transported to Stroger Hospital for treatment, police said. His condition was not immediately known.