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4-Year-Old Boy In Critical Condition After Being Found Shot In The Head At Far South Side Home: CPD
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
3
First seen
Oct 6, 6:40 PM CDT
updated Oct 6, 7:10 PM CDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by WLS-TV, WGN-TV and WMAQ-TV, not yet confirmed.
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
4-year-old boy shot in Chicago, hospitalized in critical condition · WMAQ-TVOct 6, 2:19 PM CDT
4-year-old boy critically injured in Far South Side shooting · WGN-TVOct 6, 7:10 PM CDT
4-year-old boy in critical condition after being found shot in the head at Far South Side home: CPD · WLS-TVOct 6, 10:20 PM CDT
How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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How We Decided
Oct 6, 7:44 PM CDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.