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Boy, 15, shot after fight in parking lot of McDonald's in Chicago

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By Izzy Stroobandt Verified
| WMAQ-TV (Chicago, IL) Verified
A 15-year-old boy was shot in the parking lot of a McDonald's in Chicago on Saturday, prompting a large police response in the area. The shooting took place around 6 p.m. after a verbal fight between the 15-year-old and another person escalated and the other person pulled out a gun and fired it at the McDonald's parking lot at 740 E. 47th St. in the city's Bronzeville neighborhood. The teen was shot in the chest, authorities said.
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Man arrested for allegedly secretly recording people in suburban church bathroom

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By Izzy Stroobandt Verified
| WMAQ-TV (Chicago, IL) Verified
A man was arrested this week after a woman found a hidden phone that was recording her while she used the bathroom at a suburban church, police said. Nicholas Calombaris of Frankfort, Illinois, was arrested after police responded to the woman's report that she found a phone secretly recording people in the bathroom of Parkview Christian Church in New Lenox. After the woman discovered the phone, Calombaris took it from her, but it was later recovered by police who responded to the scene.
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Two mini ponies, several chickens killed in blaze that engulfed suburban barn

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By Izzy Stroobandt Verified
| WMAQ-TV (Chicago, IL) Verified
Two miniature ponies and multiple chickens were killed when a fiery blaze engulfed a suburban barn on Friday, authorities said. Around 2:15 p.m., Wauconda fire fighters responded to a call on the 27000 block of West May Street in unincorporated Wauconda and found a barn engulfed in heavy fire, authorities said. While on Route 176 on the way to the scene, crews saw a large column of smoke rising from the fire.
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