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Liam Ford

BRIEF: 1 dead, 1 injured in Robbins shooting

June 15--One man was killed and another injured in a shooting in south suburban Robbins late Sunday, authorities said.

Damarkus Christmas, 20, was shot about 10 p.m. in the 4100 block of West 135th Place in Robbins, according to a news release from Robbins police. Christmas, who lived about a block away in the 4100 block of West 136th Place, was pronounced dead at 10:53 p.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

After a Monday autopsy, the medical examiner said the man died of mutiple gunshot wounds and ruled the death a homicide.

A 20-year-old man from Robbins also was shot in both legs in the incident and taken to MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island, where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.

Police released no information about what led to the shooting and said no one is in custody.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Robbins police at 708-385-4123.

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