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2 Killed, 5 Wounded in Shootings Since Tuesday Morning, Police Say

By Alex Nitkin | May 11, 2016 8:44am
 Two men, 56 and 20, were shot to death and five others were wounded Tuesday and early Wednesday, police said.
Two men, 56 and 20, were shot to death and five others were wounded Tuesday and early Wednesday, police said.
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CHICAGO — Two people were killed, including a 56-year-old man, and five others were wounded in shootings on the South and West sides between Tuesday morning and Wednesday morning, police said.

• At 5:50 p.m. Tuesday, a 20-year-old man was shot to death in the 7700 block of South Aberdeen Street in Auburn Gresham, police said.

• Just after midnight Wednesday morning, police said, a 56-year-old man was fatally shot in the 7400 block of South Ingleside Avenue in Grand Crossing.

• Separate shootings left a 16-year-old boy and a 21-year-old man hurt in North Lawndale Tuesday, police said.

• Around 12:40 a.m. Wednesday morning, a 32-year-old man was shot and wounded in the 900 block of North Drake Avenue in Humboldt Park, police said.

• At 8:15 p.m. Tuesday night, a 16-year-old boy was standing on a porch in the 3000 block of West 40th Place in Brighton Park when someone shot at him out of a passing light-colored car, according to Officer Michelle Tannehill, a Chicago Police spokeswoman.

The boy was taken to St. Anthony Hospital, Tannehill said, where he was listed in good condition with a gunshot wound in his right leg.

• Around noon Tuesday, Tannehill said, a 20-year-old man was walking out of a store in the 800 block of East 81st Street in Chatham when two men came out of an alley and shot at him.

The man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where he was "stable" with a gunshot wound in his buttocks, police said.

No one is in custody for any of the shootings, police said.

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