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Cordarrow Thompson, 31, was charged with murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault, attempted armed robbery and one count of armed habitual felon in the early Tuesday shooting death of Rafael Wordlaw, according to Cook County court records. Wordlaw, also 31, was off duty when he was fatally shot during an attempted robbery that turned into a shooting at a gas station in the 500 block of East 67th Street, authorities said.
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Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at Moscow City Court, Russia, April 18, 2023. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)
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