The Latest Breaking News from Chatham

Four Walmart locations are set to close, a shock to those who remember the retailer clawing its way to do business in the city.

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Community leaders at the Chatham Supercenter question the abrupt announcement of four Walmart closures this weekend: “If they’re going to walk out on us, we’re going to walk out on them.”

The Walmart Supercenter in Chatham is one of four stores in Chicago — along with supermarkets in Kenwood, Little Village and Lake View — that the company announced Tuesday will close. The supermarket chain called the sites “unprofitable.”

The owner, a 39-year-old woman, was outside with her gray Cane Corso in the 8000 block of South Ellis Avenue when a gray SUV approached and three people grabbed the dog at gunpoint

He was on the sidewalk in the 7900 block of South Drexel Avenue when he was shot multiple times, police said.

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The boy, age 14, was in the 8000 block of South Drexel Avenue when he was shot in chest, Chicago police said. He’s hospitalized in serious condition.

Three children, one believed to be 10 years old, and two adults, including an Illinois State Police trooper, were hospitalized in good condition, fire officials said.

The boy was shot in the left arm, chest and chin in the 400 block of East 88th Street,

The man was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition.