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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Sophie Sherry

Wicker Park bar loses appeal of 6-month shutdown order issued after patron opened fire from across street shortly after leaving

The Point, 1565 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Wicker Park. (Tyler LaRiviere / Sun-Times)

By all accounts, there was no sign of trouble when the man walked up to the bar at the Point in Wicker Park, ordered a drink, finished it and walked out.

Moments later, though, he fired 10 shots into the bar from across the street and wounded someone in the eye, according to the police. It was the second time in four months that someone had opened fire along the busy stretch of Milwaukee Avenue outside the Point.

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