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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Mohammad Samra

Police should have dispersed Englewood gathering hours before 5 were shot, man beaten, Chicago’s top cop says

Fireworks and other party debris litter the street. Five people were shot early Wednesday, one fatally. Neighbors say the crowd was unusually large this year. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

A large Fourth of July gathering in Englewood turned violent early Wednesday morning when five people were shot, one fatally, and a man was beaten.

Chicago’s top cop said police should have dispersed the crowd hours before the incident unfolded.

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