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Man Dead, Two Wounded in South Deering Shooting

By Josh McGhee | August 20, 2014 8:27am
 An 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl are at Advocate Trinity Hospital following the shooting.
An 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl are at Advocate Trinity Hospital following the shooting.
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CHICAGO — A shooting in South Deering left a man dead and two people hospitalized Tuesday night.

Around 10:30 p.m., three people were standing on the sidewalk in the 9900 block of South Calhoun Avenue when shots were fired from down the street, said Officer Ron Gaines, a Chicago police spokesman.

A 19-year-old man was shot in the head. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, Gaines said.

The man was identified as Dorval Jenkins, of the 9700 block of South Calhoun Avenue. He was pronounced dead at 11:19 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

An 18-year-old man was also shot in the arm and taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital in good condition. A 17-year-old girl was taken to Trinity in stable condition after being shot in her left leg, Gaines said.

No one is in custody for the shooting.

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