The holidays aren't a particularly good for everyone. When tragedy strikes at this time of year, it often seems especially sad. These additional headlines from local news sources tell tragic stories that, no doubt, leave families and friends wondering how it could happen at this time of year.
- CTA Bus Driver Shot --- Two people on a South Side street were involved in an altercation and one opened fire, striking a CTA bus driver early Friday.
- Report: Train Hits Pedestrian on NW Side -- Metra reported "a pedestrian incident" in the vicinity of Edison Park on the Union Pacific Northwest Line Friday morning.
- Home, Christmas Gifts Gone in Blaze --- An early Christmas Day fire torched a Christmas tree and gifts and left a home unlivable.
- Man Wounded in South Side Drive-By --- A 41-year-old man was hospitalized after being wounded during a drive-by shooting early today in Chicago's Pullman community.
- Carbon Monoxide Kills Suburban Man --- It is believed he had been drinking in his vehicle before passing out while it was running and parked in his garage, Lake County Coroner Dr. Richard Keller said.
