Good afternoon, Chicago.
Park Forest police are investigating the deaths of two women who were discovered last night in a home on the 300 block of Miami Street.
Police said they responded to a report of a gunshot victim and also found two unharmed children in the home where the women were found with gunshot wounds at 6:08 p.m.
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