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

1 dead, 1 hurt in shooting outside Back of the Yards laundromat

A man was killed and another wounded in a shooting April 5, 2021, on the South Side. | Sun-Times file photo

Two men were shot, one fatally, Monday outside a laundromat in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.

Ricky Shipman, 35, and another man were in a parked car about 10:30 p.m. in the 1500 block of West Garfield Boulevard when someone opened fire, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Shipman was shot in the chest and taken to Holy Cross Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said. He was identified as Shipman by the medical examiner’s office.

The other man, 38, was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in fair condition with a gunshot wound to the ankle, police said.

Media reports showed police investigate a crime scene outside a laundromat where a car could be seen with bullet holes and shattered glass.

Read more on crime, and track the city’s homicides.

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