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No injuries reported when man with assault rifle opens fire at VA hospital on Near West Side: 'We avoided tragedy'

By Chicago Tribune  
   August 13, 2019

No one was injured when a man fired an assault rifle at a Veterans Affairs hospital on the Near West Side Monday afternoon, then ran inside where he was arrested near a pharmacy as staff and patients yelled and scattered for cover, according to Chicago police.

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