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In the latest killing, police were called to the 4700 block of West Jackson Boulevard in the West Garfield Park neighborhood about 6:25 a.m. and found a man dead with a gunshot wound to the head in an empty lot, according to a police media notification. The man was initially unidentified, and responding officers believed the man had been shot “a while ago,” according to police.

Chicago Fire Department crews responded to the scene and found the man down the shaft and two firefighters were lowered about 40 feet, using what’s known as a GripTech system, said Deputy District Fire Chief Dennis Carbonneau, in a short news conference at the scene, according to news video. GripTech is “a rope rescue system that allows rescuers to be lowered vertically or horizontally from one level to another, or for raising victims,” according the company’s website.

The girl was riding in the back passenger seat of a vehicle when another vehicle pulled up next to it and someone inside opened fire, hitting only her, not the male driver, police said. The girl suffered a gunshot wound to the leg and was taken in a private vehicle to Mount Sinai Hospital, before being transferred to Stroger Hospital, where she initially was in good condition, police said.

Residents of other affluent suburbs also had luck finding shots in the city between December 2020 and mid-April, a period when eligibility rules were still in play, people were desperate to find appointments and city officials were promising to steer doses to the hardest-hit neighborhoods. At least 1 in 8 of all residents in ZIP codes covering Oak Park, Kenilworth, Wilmette, Winnetka and River Forest received their first dose in Chicago, the data shows. When looking only at those residents who got vaccinated, the numbers are even more stark: At least 1 in 4 found shots in the city.

Oru, whose name comes from the Japanese word for fold, makes five models, from the one-person Inlet designed for flatwater to the Coast XT, built for more serious adventures. When fully assembled, the Inlet is 10 feet long, 31 inches wide, and weighs just 20 pounds. When not on the water, the kayak neatly folds into a compact box, similar in size to a guitar case.

New York-based Columbia Care, which acquired Curative Health after it won the license, is one of the largest cannabis operators in the world, with 100 facilities in 18 jurisdictions in the United States and Europe, including dispensaries in Chicago’s Jefferson Park community and west suburban Villa Park. In contrast, Medponics is an upstart challenger, trying to get its first and only cannabis license.