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Damien Rowden, 19, Killed In North Lawndale Shooting; 2 Others Wounded

By Kelly Bauer | August 21, 2017 8:21am

CHICAGO — A 19-year-old man was shot to death and two other people wounded in North Lawndale on Sunday night, officials said.

At 6:25 p.m., the three were on a porch in the 3000 block of West Polk Street when an SUV drove by and someone inside the car fired shots, police said.

The 19-year-old man was hit in his head, officials said.

Damien Rowden, of the 3000 block of West Jackson, was pronounced dead at 7:01 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. An autopsy showed he died from multiple gunshot wounds in a homicide.

A 17-year-old was hit in his legs and he was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition, police said. An 18-year-old man was hit in his right thigh and he was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition.

No one was in custody.