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Man Shot While in Vehicle

January 13, 2013 9:37am | Updated January 13, 2013 10:44am
Police are investigating the shooting death of Damian Barnes, 22, who was killed Jan. 13, 2013.
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DNAinfo/Michael Shin

CHICAGO — A man was killed early Sunday morning when he was shot in a vehicle in Lawndale and another man was wounded by gunfire in a separate Lawndale attack.

Damian Barnes, 22, was sitting in the driver's seat of a parked car when an unknown gunmen got in the vehicle and fired shots, hitting Barnes in the back about 12:50 a.m., authorities said.

Barnes, of the 4200 block of West Van Buren Street, was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital and pronounced dead at 2:49 a.m.

According to police, Barnes is affiliated with a local gang.

No one is currently in custody, police said.

In a separate shooting Sunday morning, police said a man in his late-40s walked into Rush Hospital with a gunshot wound to the hip at about 2:10 a.m. after being shot on the 1600 block of South Kedvale Avenue.

No further information was available on the shooting

 

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