Aug. 11--Two men have died and another was wounded in Gary shootings since Monday night, police said.
About 12:40 a.m. Tuesday, police found a man on the ground near the 2000 block of Carolina Street who had died of multiple gunshot wounds, said Lt. Dawn Westerfield, a Gary Police Department spokeswoman. Police did not immediately have information about his age or the circumstances of the shooting.
On Monday night, a shooting incident near the 4600 block of Harrison Street left one man dead and another wounded.
About 9 p.m., Gary police were notified of a gunshot victim at Methodist Hospitals Northlake Campus, according to a news release from Gary police.
While looking for evidence in the area where the man said he was shot, police found the body of another man. Gary police believe he was fatally shot, according to Westerfield.
The surviving man will be airlifted to a Chicago hospital for treatment. Westerfield declined to specify which hospital.
Both men are in their early 20s, Westerfield said.
