🌱 Robbins family mourns birthday visit that ended in deadly shooting
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- Robbins family mourns birthday visit that ended in deadly shooting
Also on today's calendar: Hands, Hearts & Harvests: An Introduction to Growing Your Own Food and 2 more events.
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📰 News we're reading
• Man, 33, shot and killed in Robbins was visiting family for his birthday (chicagotribune.com) — A 33-year-old father visiting family in Robbins for his birthday was fatally shot early April 9 on the 13900 block of Grace Avenue in the Richard Flowers Community Housing development. Relatives remember Zachary Spears Johnson as a devoted dad and musician, while a GoFundMe has been launched for funeral costs and Robbins police have not commented on the case. 
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