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July 4th mass shooting: Chicago women died shielding children from gunfire
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A mass shooting on Chicago’s South Side early Thursday morning left two women dead, and three young children critically injured.

A mass shooting in Grand Crossing on Chicago ’s South Side early Thursday morning left two women dead, and three young children critically injured.A neighbor reported seeing men knocking on the door of a residence in the 7100 block of South Woodlawn Avenue around 6:15 a.m. Those knocks turned into gunfire.

No description has been given of the suspects or their vehicles.Frank Mixon, Strong's son, was home from college visiting family when he woke up early Thursday to the sound of gunfire."I honestly can’t even tell you what I thought was going on," Mixon said. "I just woke up, went upstairs and I just saw a massacre of everything. It was crazy."Mixon described his mother as a hard-working woman who was an employee of FedEx."My mom was such an amazing woman.

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