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Authorities responding to reports of Garfield Ridge, Chicago shooting on South Lotus Avenue near Mark Twain Elementary School

Latest update from FOX 32 Chicago: Chicago elementary school shooting leaves 2 dead, police say - FOX 32 Chicago. CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two people were found shot to death in a Southwest Side school building on Monday afternoon, Chicago police said. Police said a 63-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman were found unresponsive in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood's 5100-block of South Lotus Avenue around 3:40 p.m. Video from the scene shows a large police presence at Mark Twain Elementary School. A stretcher could be seen, and tape blocked off part of the school's parking lot. Police said each adult suffered a single gunshot wound to their head.

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Police say - FOX 32 Chicago. Both were taken in critical condition to Christ Hospital, where they were pronounced dead.