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Erik Runge

Erik Runge

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General Assignment Reporter, WGN-TV (Chicago, IL)

Chicago

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Science Publishing , Neuroscience , Cognition , Media Psychology

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Total articles 2793

  • WGN obtains Ring camera video of moments leading up to fatal shooting in normally calm Lincoln Park community

    By Michael Johnson, Erik Runge Verified| WGN-TV (Chicago, IL) Verified CHICAGO — A fatal shooting late Wednesday night in Lincoln Park is causing concern among residents of the normally calm North Side community, where such incidents are not common. According to Chicago police, the shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. in the 800 block of West Lill Avenue. Officers responding to a call of a person shot found a 28-year-old man on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the chest.

    By Michael Johnson, Erik Runge Verified · WGN-TV (Chicago, IL)

    Apr. 17, 2025

  • Biden says Trump administration has done ‘breathtaking’ damage to Social Security

    By Erik Runge Verified, Michael Johnson, Jeremy Tanner| KOLR-TV (Springfield, MO) Verified CHICAGO (WGN) – Former President Joe Biden warned a Chicago audience assembled Tuesday at the national conference of Advocates, Counselors and Representatives for the Disabled that the Trump administration has “taken a hatchet” to Social Security. Biden, 82, was the headliner for the event, which was slated to be held Tuesday and Wednesday at the Sofitel Chicago Magnificent Mile Hotel. “In fewer than 100 days, this new administration has done so much damage and so much destruction.

    By Erik Runge Verified, Michael Johnson, Jeremy Tanner · KOLR-TV (Springfield, MO)

    Apr. 16, 2025

  • WGN obtains Ring camera video of moments leading up to fatal shooting in normally calm Lincoln Park community

    By Michael Johnson, Erik Runge Verified| WGN-TV (Chicago, IL) Verified CHICAGO — A fatal shooting late Wednesday night in Lincoln Park is causing concern among residents of the normally calm North Side community, where such incidents are not common. According to Chicago police, the shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. in the 800 block of West Lill Avenue. Officers responding to a call of a person shot found a 28-year-old man on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the chest.

    By Michael Johnson, Erik Runge Verified · WGN-TV (Chicago, IL)

    Apr. 17, 2025

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WGN-TV (Chicago, IL)