Authorities unsure of motive in air control fire

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CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities still don’t know why a contract employee started a fire Friday at a suburban Chicago air traffic control facility that forced the shutdown of the city’s two airports, police said.

First responders found the man in the basement of the facility in Aurora with multiple self-inflicted stab wounds, said Aurora police Chief Gregory Thomas.

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