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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Matthew Hendrickson

Man charged with murder in Christmas Eve shooting in Chicago Lawn

Leighton Criminal Courthouse (Sun-Times file)

Charges have been filed in a deadly Christmas Eve shooting last year in Chicago Lawn that was apparently witnessed by two people who never went to the police.

Bernard Washington, 43, was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of Lakwaon Smith after the murder weapon was found in Washington’s possession during a traffic stop earlier this year, Cook County prosecutors said in court Wednesday.

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