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Chicago shooting leaves three dead, two injured

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Three young men were shot to death and two others seriously injured in Chicago in what police called an illegal race involving some 100 vehicles. The shooting happened around 4 a.m. in Brighton Park after the caravan blocked streets toward an intersection for the illegal race, Chicago Police Cmdr. Don Jerome said at a news conference. The dead were between the ages of 15 and 20, and the injured are likely to survive, the official said. There were no arrests. Blocking streets and intersections for racing “is a semi-recent phenomenon.