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The victims were standing in the 9100 block of South Harper Avenue when someone in a passing car fired shots.
Then-Mayor Richard M. Daley “saw this as an opportunity to show a city that does work — not a city that crumbles under the pressure of protesters," said Leslie Fox, executive director of the 1996 convention's host committee. "The stakes were pretty high.”
Three women and a man were shot at 119th Street and Michigan Avenue in West Pullman about 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
A severe thunderstorm watch was issued through 10 p.m. in Kankakee, Grundy and Will counties.