Four men were shot — two fatally — Sunday night in South Chicago.
They were on the porch of a residence about 6:50 p.m. at 86th and Kingston when two people approached them and opened fire, Deputy Chief Larry Snelling said at a news conference at the scene.
A man, 20, was struck in the buttocks and abdomen and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead; a man, whose age was unknown, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was rushed to the University of Chicago Hospital, where he later died; a man, 20, was shot in the abdomen and taken to the same hospital in fair condition; and a man, 18, was struck in the forearm and thigh and transported to an unknown hospital, where he was listed in fair condition.
According to Pastor Tom Kennington, who said he knew the four victims, two of the men were brothers.
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A woman who’s staying with friends on Kingston said the block is usually quiet, and she doesn’t think twice about walking down the street at night. She said she was surprised when she saw the police tape.
“It’s sickening,” said the woman, who declined to be named. “Everybody’s got a gun, I don’t know what they’re gonna do about it. It just keeps happening. On and on and on.”
No one was in custody.
Just three blocks away Friday afternoon, another man, 27, was found shot to death at 83rd and Colfax in a nearby gangway with a gunshot wound in the back, according to police. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
(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 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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