15-year-old girl, man killed in shooting on West Side: CPD

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A 15-year-old girl and a man were killed and another person critically wounded in a shooting Sunday night in Austin on the West Side.

They were standing with several other people on Augusta near Menard when someone opened fire about 11:40 p.m., Chicago police said.

The girl was taken to Stroger Hospital with a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead, officials said.

A man, 44, was shot in the chest and was taken to the same hospital, where he also died, police said.

A 39-year-old man went to West Suburban Hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg, police said. He was listed in critical condition.

No one was in custody.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire & Chicago Sun-Times 2022. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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