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Chicago Concealed Carry Permit Holder Shoots, Kills Would-Be Burglar

Emily Zanotti
Chicago Concealed Carry Permit Holder Shoots, Kills Would-Be Burglar
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A concealed carry permit holder in Chicago shot and killed a would-be burglar on the city’s west side Saturday amid a city-wide crime spike that has law enforcement officials scrambling.

A man was shot and killed while trying to rob a cell phone store in Chicago on Saturday, police said. The would-be robber entered the cell phone shop on the 3400 hundred block of West Chicago Avenue in Humboldt Park around 7 p.m.,” Chicago’s Fox affiliate reported Sunday.

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