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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Sun-Times Wire

1 killed, 1 wounded in South Shore shooting

Chicago police on scene for 2 people shot, July 14 in the 2200 block of East 69th St., in the South Shore neighborhood.

A man was killed and another wounded Sunday in a shooting near Jackson Park on the South Side.

About 1:55 p.m., two vehicles were northbound side by side in an alley in the 2000 block of East 69th Street when someone in one vehicle began firing at the other, Chicago police said.

A 26-year-old was struck in the back and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office hasn’t released details of his death.

The other man, 32, was struck in the abdomen and thigh and taken to the same hospital in critical condition, police said.

Area Central detectives are investigating.

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