Two men were killed and another wounded in shootings on the Far South Side this afternoon, authorities said.
About 2:15 p.m., a man believed to be in his 30s was shot multiple times in the first block of West 107th Street in the Fernwood neighborhood, police said. The man was on the street when someone walked up to him and shot him multiple times, police said.
Police had no detailed description of the shooter or what happened.
A man who lives near the scene of the shooting on 107th Street said he was in his bedroom watching a baseball game on television when he heard four shots. The man went outside and saw the shooting victim on the ground in the driveway of a nearby house, shot near his car and bleeding from a wound to his chest.
The victim's stepmother and two brothers had arrived at the scene. A young girl was seen weeping a few yards from the scene as detectives pored over evidence inside the crime scene tape. The victim's brothers paced up and down 107th Street trying to make sense of the shooting.
The family that lives in the home where the shooting took place has lived in the neighborhood for a few years, neighbors said.
An earlier slaying and the shooting in which a man was wounded were believed related. A man in his 20s was shot several times about 1 p.m. in the 12200 block of South Halsted Street, according to Police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli. He was taken to Roseland Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
The man was believed to have been on the street when a Hyundai or Toyota pulled up and people inside opened fire, Mirabelli said.
About the same time, about two blocks west near 122nd Street and Carpenter Street, a man was wounded in the groin after someone in a gray Hyundai opened fire, Mirabelli said.
The man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where his condition was stabilized, Mirabelli said.
The shooting occurred on a block of small single-family homes with tidy lawns and parkways. Several people were out raking while crime scene tape fluttered in a stiff breeze. At least two shell casings could be seen in the street as detectives went door to door.
The man was believed to have been on the street when a Hyundai or Toyota pulled up and people inside opened fire, Mirabelli said.
About the same time, about two blocks west near 122nd Street and Carpenter Street, a man was wounded in the groin after someone in a gray Hyundai opened fire, Mirabelli said.
The man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where his condition was stabilized, Mirabelli said.
The shooting occurred on a block of small single-family homes with tidy lawns and parkways. Several people were out raking while crime scene tape fluttered in a stiff breeze. At least two shell casings could be seen in the street as detectives went door to door.
Shell casings were also visible at the Halsted crime scene, which took place in front of a small grocery store.
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