Mother and son cleared of charges in fatal hot dog stand shooting.
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Cook County prosecutors have dropped murder charges against a woman and her 14-year-old son in the shooting death of a man during a fight in a fast-food restaurant in West Pullman earlier this month. The decision was based on emerging evidence. The shooting was caught on video, showing the victim punching the woman three times before her son shot him. Some community activists had called for the charges to be dropped, saying Hood and her son were acting in self-defense after Brown punched Hood during a fight inside the restaurant.
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