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A man died after being trapped in a hole Dec. 12, 2022 in front of a Buffalo Grove home.

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A man died after he was trapped in a trench in the front yard of a Buffalo Grove home Monday night, according to officials.

Paramedics found the man buried in the hole and not breathing in the front yard of a home in the 1000 block of Aspen Drive about 5:30 p.m., according to the Buffalo Grove Fire Department.

Nikodem Zaremba, 27, was removed about an hour later and taken to Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, where he died, the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

No further information was immediately available.

A person was shot to death Monday night on the Far South Side.

The person, age unknown, was outside in the 8400 block of South Burley Avenue when he was shot about 11:55 p.m., Chicago police said.

He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

Witnesses told police the suspect may have been traveling in a car.

No one was in custody.

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A Chicago girl was found dead in a hotel room in Evanston on Saturday, police said.

Nyasia Jennings, 15, was found dead after Evanston police and fire departments were called to a sixth-floor hotel room at a Holiday Inn in the 1500 block of Sherman Avenue, according to Evanston police.

The teen was reported missing as a runaway shortly before her death.

Police are investigating her death, and the cause and manner of death are pending toxicology results from the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

A man was shot to death Monday in West Garfield Park on the West Side.

The 42-year-old was shot in the abdomen about 4:10 p.m. in the 4400 block of West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago police said.

He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died, police said.

Additional details about the shooting were not immediately known.

No arrests were reported.