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Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot established the Emergency Supplemental Victims Fund as a pilot in five communities. Her successor, Mayor Brandon Johnson, is using federal stimulus funds to expand the program into 10 additional neighborhoods.
Heat exhaustion and heat stroke are the two most severe illnesses to watch for amid rising temperatures.
Damien Nelson, 44, was found in the 1400 block of South Morgan Street and pronounced dead on the scene early Monday.
The 41-year-old was in the 8700 block of South Loomis Street, where two gunmen approached him and fired shots, police said.