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  "path": "/crime/2026/03/02/man-19-fatally-shot-at-gender-reveal-party-in-auburn-gresham-police",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-02T17:15:16.733Z",
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  "textContent": "<p>A celebration that should have been joyful ended tragically as someone in a passing car opened fire, gunning down a 19-year-old man who was attending a gender reveal party Saturday in Auburn Gresham on the South Side, according to Chicago police.</p><p>Michael Rounds Jr. was inside a home about 5 p.m. in the 7700 block of South Racine Avenue when someone in a passing car fired shots, sending bullets shattering through a window and hitting him in the head, police and the Cook County medical examiner's office said. Rounds was pronounced dead at the scene. </p><p>Rounds' mother, who was distraught when reached by a Sun-Times reporter, did not immediately share more information. </p><p>According to police reports, Rounds Jr.'s sister told responding officers that her family was celebrating a gender reveal party that was winding down when a blue car pulled up and someone asked \"What are you doing on my block?\" </p><p>Moments later, the same car returned and fired at the building, leaving Rounds Jr. fatally shot, the report states. </p><p>About 20 .45-caliber and 9-millimeter cartridges were recovered from the scene, police said. It was initially believed there was a second shooting victim but it was later determined Rounds Jr.'s sister had injured her foot on broken glass. </p><p>No one was in custody in the attack of Rounds, who was one of at least <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/03/02/at-least-6-killed-in-weekend-gun-violence-citywide\" target=\"_blank\" >six homicide victims over the weekend. </a></p>",
  "title": "Man, 19, fatally shot at gender reveal party in Auburn Gresham: police",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-02T17:24:44.501Z"
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