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  "path": "/crime/2026/05/16/rogers-park-man-charged-in-fatal-edgewater-shooting",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-16T14:15:14.933Z",
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  "textContent": "<p>A man faces murder and gun charges in connection with a fatal early-morning Edgewater shooting earlier this week, police announced Saturday.</p><p>Ammar Houssamo, 53, was charged with first-degree murder and aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon, police announced. He was arrested in Evanston shortly after shots rang out in the 1400 block of West Thome around 7:20 a.m. Thursday, police said.</p><p>Houssamo, of Rogers Park, allegedly <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/05/15/dog-walker-fatally-shot-trying-fleeing-gunman-who-then-turned-gun-on-self-in-edgewater-police\" >shot a man who was walking his dog</a> before turning the gun on himself, according to Chicago police. The man was pronounced dead at Presence St. Francis Hospital in Evanston.</p><p>Houssamo was taken to the same hospital, where he was in critical condition and arrested by Chicago police later Thursday.</p>",
  "title": "Rogers Park man charged in fatal Edgewater shooting",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-16T14:17:09.374Z"
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