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Boy, 12, fires gun after man leaves it on bus near South Side school
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Cate Cauguiran
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 3:36AM
A child fired a gun after a man left it on a school bus on the city's South Side on Monday afternoon, Chicago police said.
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