According to police, the 4-year-old boy sustained a stab wound to the chest and was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.

A woman is in custody after three children were found stabbed inside a burning building in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood, according to police.

Four people were killed and 14 more were hospitalized in a drive-by mass shooting late on Wednesday, July 2, police in Chicago said. Three of the victims are in critical condition. Someone opened fire into a crowd standing outside a venue in Chicago's River North neighborhood at about 11 p.m., police said, and the black SUV immediately drove away.

Police said, shortly before 1 p.m., four men were near the sidewalk near 59th Street and Ashland Avenue, when two gunmen walked up and started shooting.

Chicago drive-by shooting. Four people were killed after shots were fired outside a Chicago restaurant, officials said.

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The St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs play the second game of their 3-game series Saturday at Wrigley Field.

MLB baseball action gets underway with the Chicago Cubs facing the St. Louis Cardinals in a showdown of division rivals.